Description
Become a great Naturalist and play your part in preserving the natural world as a whole.
How to earn your badge:
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With appropriate permission, spend at least one day at one of these locations and investigate the wildlife and plants found there:
- woodland or parkland
- down land
- moor land
- seashore or sand dune
- hedgerow
- roadside verge
- stream, river or canal
- small pond
- wetland or marshland
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Tell a knowledgeable adult what you discovered.
Show them your field notes, sketches, photographs or maps.
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Find out more about a plant, animal or particular wildlife from your chosen location.
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Discuss what you found out, giving sources for information from places like museums, field guides or the internet.
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Discuss how human activities or land management can affect wildlife.
