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Dragonflies and damselflies spend up to five years as larvae living on the bottom of the canal, until they emerge for a few weeks to mate and lay eggs.
Come and meet some of my friends who live here with me.
Hi I live on the bottom of the canal. Sadly there aren’t many of me left as the American crayfish has moved in on my home, carrying a deadly fungus.
In the summer the canal between Bingley Three Rise Locks and Bingley Five Rise Locks is a great place to spot small damselflies and giant dragonflies.
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Did You
Know?Did You
Know?
Wildlife ExplorersWildlife ExplorersAt Bingley Locks on The Leeds & Liverpool Canal
Sheet 1 of 8 Bingley Locks Wildlife Explorers
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How many of these birds can you spot? Mark on the wildlife explorer’s maps where you saw them.
Coot VS MoorhenCoot VS Moorhen
Kingf isher
Sit quietly, look and listen, if you are really lucky, you may see the bright blue flash of a kingfisher.
Now tick your Explorers bird spotters chart.
Bird Spotters ChartBird Spotters Chart
My Explorers chartMy Explorers chart
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Mallard
Heron
Coot
Moorhen
White Goose
Spot the difference: Coots have a white spot on the front of their head and moorhens have a bright red beak tipped with yellow, and a white stripe on their side.
Coots are bigger than moorhens and like to fight with their feet and beaks. They are very noisy and like an argument.
FACT FILE:FACT FILE:
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Bingley Locks Wildlife Explorers - Sheet 2 of 8
This map belongs to
Name:
I explored the North Bog on
Date:
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Wildlife Explorers Map 1Wildlife Explorers Map 1This is your map of Bingley North Bog Record where you have been and what you have seen! F ive Rise
Locks
Three Rise Locks
North Bog
The bog formed 10,000 years ago when a huge glacier carved out a waterlogged hollow.
Layers of dead plants built up in this hollow, turning into peat.
Experts have looked at tiny pollen grains and snail shells preserved in the peat to find out what plants and insects lived here 10,000 years ago!
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Bingley Locks Wildlife Explorers - Sheet 3 of 8
This is your map of Bingley Five Rise Locks Record where you have been and what you have seen!
This map belongs to
Name:
I explored the Bingley Five Rise Locks on
Date:
Wildlife Explorers Map 2Wildlife Explorers Map 2
The Five Rise Locks are one of the ‘Seven Wonders of the Waterways’.
They have the tallest lock gates in the country.
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Bingley Locks Wildlife Explorers - Sheet 4 of 8
Be a Butterfly SpotterBe a Butterfly SpotterBe a Butterfly SpotterBe a Butterfly SpotterBe a Butterfly SpotterBe a Butterfly Spotter
Tangle TraceFollow the flight path to find the favourite food plant of each butterfly or their caterpillars. See if you can spot them growing along the towpath or in the North Bog.
Common Blue
Stinging Nettles
Yellow Brimstone
Lady’s Smock
Orange Tip
Birds Foot Trefoil
Red Admiral
Alder Buckthorn
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Bingley Locks Wildlife Explorers - Sheet 5 of 8
Who Lives On The Canal?Who Lives On The Canal?
Water VolesWater VolesFACT FILE:FACT FILE:
Water voles are very rare and live in burrows along the canal bank and feed on plants.
Did you know that ‘Ratty’ in ‘Wind in the Willows’ was actually a water vole not a rat?
Dizzy QuizzyTry not to get in a tizzy - complete the word search to find out what fish, birds and mammals live on the canal.
The words read forwards along the spiral!!
Words
White Goose
Pipistrelle
Pike
Crayfish
Kingfisher
Water Vole
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Water vole
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Bingley Locks Wildlife Explorers - Sheet 6 of 8
Word ChallengeWord ChallengeA fun challenge, how many words can you make from these birds and animals?
Keep the score and see if you can beat a grown-up!
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Heron
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Brimstone
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Bingley Locks Wildlife Explorers - Sheet 7 of 8
White-clawed crayfish
What’s The BIG Picture?What’s The BIG Picture?
Using your powers of observation as a canal explorer, copy the small picture using the grid to help you. TIP: Try to copy one square at a time to make a bigger picture.
When you’ve finished, colour in your picture.
Be Inspired by Bingley Locks on The Leeds & Liverpool Canal
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Bingley Locks Wildlife Explorers - Sheet 8 of 8