- Sep 4, 2022

Wildlife Of The British Isles 🦊

“If we don't have a place for nature in our heart, how can we expect nature to have a place for us.” ― Abhijit Naskar

This CST activities page helps celebrate 'World Animal Day' on 4th October.

Begin with welcome and introductions and ask members to say what their favourite animal is, which they have seen or would most like to see, which impresses them the most and so on.

Have members got an animal as a pet, or have they had one? What type of animal are/were they? What are/were their names? (Take care as the death of a beloved pet can represent a significant loss for people.)

SIMILIES

Ask members to complete the following statements ...

- As cunning as a FOX

- As wise as an OWL

- As stubborn as a MULE

- As gentle as a LAMB

- As blind as a BAT

- As busy as a BEE

- As quiet as a MOUSE

- As proud as a PEACOCK

- As sick as a DOG

- As slippery as an EEL

- As strong as an OX

- As mad as a March HARE

- As busy as a BEAVER

- As graceful as a SWAN

IDIOMS

Ask members to complete these well known phrases, together ...

- Birds of a feather flock TOGETHER

- A bird in the hand is worth TWO IN THE BUSH

- Ants in your PANTS

- The birds and the BEES

- Cat's got your TONGUE

- Chicken OUT

- Clam UP

- Copy CAT

- Dropping like FLIES

- Eager BEAVER

- Fishy BUSINESS

- Hold your HORSES

- In the dog HOUSE

- Kill two birds with ONE STONE

- Let the cat out of THE BAG

- A little bird TOLD ME

- Nest EGG

- Pig OUT

- Put the cat amongst THE PIGEONS

- Rat RACE

- Red HERRING

- Straight from the HORSE'S MOUTH

- Take the bull by THE HORNS

- Until the cows COME HOME

- While the cat's away THE MICE WILL PLAY

Whys it this phrase special? - 'The quick brown fox jumps over the LAZY DOG?' - IT CONTAINS ALL THE LETTERS OF THE ALPHABET

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MUSIC & PICTURE QUIZ

Help members enjoy these pictures, questions and music clips. Give lots of clues like first names to help members get the answers. Encourage story telling and reminiscences.

If you click on the first photo (if watching on a linked screen), a slide show will open.

First of all, a song and a TV clip to get started ...

Singalong ...

'Morning Has Broken', Cat Stevens - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DmAOBosGlHY

Morning has broken like the first morning Blackbird has spoken like the first bird Praise for the singing, praise for the morning Praise for them springing fresh from the world

Sweet the rains new fall, sunlit from Heaven Like the first dewfall on the first grass Praise for the sweetness of the wet garden Sprung in completeness where His feet pass

Mine is the sunlight, mine is the morning Born of the one light, Eden saw play Praise with elation, praise every morning God's recreation of the new day

Morning has broken like the first morning Blackbird has spoken like the first bird Praise for the singing, praise for the morning Praise for them springing fresh from the world

We start with a TV theme tune & comedy clip - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k_ysdEPflIc

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PXcMbR_QRZU

Before watching, name the TV show?

Name the characters?

Round 1. Farm Animals

	Name the animal? What does it provide us with?
	Name the animal? What does it provide us with?
	Name the animal? What does it provide us with?
	Name the animal? What does it provide us with?
	Name the animal? What is a female called?
	Name the animal? What are the female and new born called?
	Name the animal? What do you get if you cross one of these with one of the above animals?
	Name the animal? Say the rhyme?
	Name the animal? What do they provide us with?
	Name the animal? One of these sold for a record what price earlier this year (nearest guess)?

Who is this? What was his catchphrase?

Here is the TV theme tune - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T8Vcx49KWlQ

Singalong ...

'I Know An Old Lady', Burl Ives - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mZnLxqUyFK8&t=59s

I know an old lady who swallowed a fly, I don't know why she swallowed the fly, I guess she'll die. I know an old lady who swallowed a spider, That wriggled and jiggled and tickled inside her. She swallowed the spider to catch the fly, I don't know why she swallowed the fly, I guess she'll die. I know an old lady who swallowed a bird, How absurd to swallow a bird! She swallowed the bird to catch the spider, That wriggled and jiggled and tickled inside her, She swallowed the spider to catch the fly, I don't know why she swallowed the fly, I guess she'll die. I know an old lady who swallowed a cat, Imagine that, to swallow a cat! She swallowed the cat to catch the bird, She swallowed the bird to catch the spider, That wriggled and jiggled and tickled inside her, She swallowed the spider to catch the fly, I don't know why she swallowed the fly, I guess she'll die. I know an old lady who swallowed a dog, My, what a hog, to swallow a dog! She swallowed the dog to catch the cat, She swallowed the cat to catch the bird,

She swallowed the bird to catch the spider, That wriggled and jiggled and tickled inside her, She swallowed the spider to catch the fly, I don't know why she swallowed the fly, I guess she'll die. I know an old lady who swallowed a goat, Just opened her throat and swallowed a goat! She swallowed the goat to catch the dog, She swallowed the dog to catch the cat, She swallowed the cat to catch the bird, She swallowed the bird to catch the spider, That wriggled and jiggled and tickled inside her, She swallowed the spider to catch the fly, I don't know why she swallowed the fly, I guess she'll die. I know an old lady who swallowed a cow, I wonder how she swallowed a cow?! She swallowed the cow to catch the goat, She swallowed the goat to catch the dog, She swallowed the dog to catch the cat, She swallowed the cat to catch the bird, She swallowed the bird to catch the spider, That wriggled and jiggled and tickled inside her, She swallowed the spider to catch the fly, I don't know why she swallowed the fly, I guess she'll die. I know an old lady who swallowed a horse, She's dead, of course!

Round 2. In The Wild - Mammals

	Name the animal? How far can it dig in one night?
	Name the animal? Name the famous puppet version of this animal?
	Name the animal? What group of animals does this creature belong to?
	Name the animal? T or F. You should NOT feed them bread and milk?
	Name the animal? Name the creature from the 1927 Henry Williamson book?
	Name the animal? What is the name of their tunnel based home?
	Name the animal? How far are you from one at any time, allegedly?
	Name the animal? How do they sleep?
	Name the animal? Name the two varieties?
	Name the animal? What are their young called?

Name the TV show?

Who wrote the book?

Here is the TV theme song - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hasBJ1Gkjy8&t=20s

Singalong ...

'Bright Eyes', Art Garfunkel - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lo-cp1270eQ

Is it a kind of a dream Floating out on the tide Following the river of death downstream Oh, is it a dream? There's a fog along the horizon A strange glow in the sky And nobody seems to know where it goes And what does it mean? Oh, is it a dream?

Bright eyes, burning like fire Bright eyes, how can you close and fail? How can the light that burned so brightly Suddenly burn so pale? Bright eyes

Is it a kind of a shadow Reaching into the night Wandering over the hills unseen Or is it a dream? There's a high wind in the trees A cold sound in the air And nobody ever knows when you go And where do you start? Oh, into the dark

Bright eyes, burning like fire Bright eyes, how can you close and fail? How can the light that burned so brightly Suddenly burn so pale? Bright eyes

Round 3. In The Wild - Birds & Bees

	Name the animal? What is the male called?
	Name the animal? How many degrees can it turn its neck?
	Name the animal? Which season is it associated with?
	Name the animal? What does it provide us with?
	Name the animal? Which type of Indian drink is named after it?
	Name the animal? Which company was named after it?
	Name the animal? Say the rhyme?
	Name the animal? Name the process it goes through to become a flier?
	Name the animal? Say the rhyme?
	Name the animal? Who owns them all?

Name the TV nature programme?

Name the presenters?

Here is the TV intro - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v3Wh8OtJ1JU

Singalong ...

'The Ugly Duckling', Danny Kaye - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QwqmlrVGa54

There once was an ugly duckling

With feathers all stubby and brown

And the other birds said in so many words

Get out of town

Get out, get out, get out of town

And he went with a quack and a waddle and a quack

In a flurry of eiderdown

That poor little ugly duckling

Went wandering far and near

But at every place they said to his face

Now get out, get out, get out of here

And he went with a quack and a waddle and a quack

And a very unhappy tear

All through the wintertime he hid himself away

Ashamed to show his face, afraid of what others might say

All through the winter in his lonely clump of wheat

Till a flock of swans spied him there and very soon agreed

You’re a very fine swan indeed!

A swan? Me a swan? Ah, go on!

And he said yes, you’re a swan

Take a look at yourself in the lake and you’ll see

And he looked, and he saw, and he said

I am a swan! Whee!

I’m not such an ugly duckling

No feathers all stubby and brown

For in fact these birds in so many words said

The best in town, the best, the best

The best in town

Not a quack, not a quack, not a waddle or a quack

But a glide and a whistle and a snowy white back

And a head so noble and high

Say who’s an ugly duckling?

Not I!

Round 4. In The Water

	Name the animal? Who banished them from Ireland?
	Name the animal? What is their animal group called?
	Name the animal? What are its young called?
	Name the animal? What colour does it turn when it is cooked?
	Name the animal? How long can they stay underwater on one breath?
	Name the animal? How are they often prepared for eating?
	Name the animal? What group are they part of?
	Name the animal? T or F. It is highly dangerous?
	Name the animal? Where do they spawn?
	Name the animals? What are they called collectively?

Name the TV nature show?

Name these presenters?

Here is the TV theme - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4LVUbj2PnOM

Singalong ...

'Molly Malone', The Dubliners - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q9Deeh9n-VI

In Dublin's fair city Where the girls are so pretty I first set my eyes on sweet Molly Malone As she wheeled her wheelbarrow Through streets broad and narrow Crying, "Cockles and mussels, alive, alive, oh!"

Alive, alive, oh Alive, alive, oh Crying, "Cockles and mussels, alive, alive, oh"

She was a fishmonger And sure 'twas no wonder For so were her father and mother before And they both wheeled their barrows Through streets broad and narrow Crying, "Cockles and mussels, alive, alive, oh

Alive, alive, oh Alive, alive, oh Crying, "Cockles and mussels, alive, alive, oh

She died of a fever And no one could save her And that was the end of sweet Molly Malone But her ghost wheels her barrow Through streets broad and narrow Crying, "Cockles and mussels, alive, alive, oh

Alive, alive, oh Alive, alive, oh Crying, "Cockles and mussels, alive, alive, oh

Name the TV series?

And the vet?

Here is the theme tune - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m6aquEsK_JQ