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Children's birdwatching centre
A selected range of kids books and educational toys specifically aimed at the birds and wildlife of the United Kingdom as opposed to products for American youngsters.
Bird books Puzzles, Games
Robin Robin film: coming soon
We’re excited by Aardman’s latest film, which features Robin who grows up with a family of mice. Life is all about finding food, being cosy and avoiding getting eaten! Robin goes out with her mouse friends on a big sneak to get food and eventually realises she’s not the mouse she thought she was. Robin Robin is showing on Netflix from 24 November.
Robin is making an appearance at some of our nature reserves this winter.
One of the themes of the Robin Robin film is about sneaking around to find food. Bring the family along to a reserve to take part in your own big sneak on our Robin Robin trail. Robin has recorded special messages for you along the way and some of our nature reserves are hosting special Robin-related events, such as storytelling and nest building.
Find a Robin adventure near you
The Little Book of Garden Bird Songs
Being able to identify just a handful of garden bird songs is a skill that will stay with you for the rest of your life. However, learning how to tell a blackbird from a blackcap isn't that easy. That's where this enchanting introduction comes into its own. The ones that are featured here are amongst the 12 best-known European garden birds that you are most likely to see at a bird table. In addition to the easy to use sound bar, there is a general introduction to each bird that highlights its key characteristics, accompanied by an informative data profile and some surprising facts. By the end of the book, you should have a much greater understanding of these incredible creatures and the sounds you hear outside should have transformed from a cacophony into a 12-part orchestra. Keep it on your windowsill for the whole family to enjoy and see who becomes the bird song expert first.
RSPB My First Book of Garden Birds
A beautiful picture book about garden birds that will appeal to families with young children. Rachel Lockwood's wonderful illustrations will delight children aged from two to seven, and will help them to discover and identify the most common birds in their everyday surroundings. Each bird is introduced on a right-hand page in an illustration where it is partly obscured or turned away from the viewer. The text gives some clues and invites readers to guess the bird's identity. The reader then turns the page to find out more.
'A beautiful picture book that will appeal to children aged 2 to 7 and will help them identify common birds in their everyday surroundings.'
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The Little Book of Woodland Bird Songs (Sound Book)
A book for the whole family to enjoy and the sequel to the bestselling The Little Book of Garden Bird Songs.
Birds can be hard to spot at the best of times and never more so than in the woods, so let this book and your ears do the work instead. Listen to the wonderfully varied songs and calls of woodland birds, easily accessed at the touch of 12 simple sound buttons from the wistful song of the willow warbler to the comforting call of the woodpigeon. There is also a general introduction to each bird that highlights its key characteristics, accompanied by an informative data profile and some surprising facts. By the end of this book, no walk in the woods will be the same again.
Bird Watching for Kids: A Guide and Journal for British Birds
Bird watching is FUN!
It gives you a great excuse to leave your computer, tablet, or phone behind and venture out into the elements.
You can learn about bird's names, but also about their songs, their behaviour, and how they relate to the rest of nature.
Look at how they soar through the air. Listen to their beautiful songs. You can find great peace and great joy in birds.
How would you be able to truly enjoy these creatures unless you watched them?
It’s time to get started in bird watching!
Features:
RSPB First Book Of Birds
Launching with four books looking at flowers, birds, mammals and
minibeasts, each RSPB spotter's guide will comprise 35 common garden
creatures for beginner naturalists. Through beautiful full-page illustration accompanied by key information about
each creature, books are designed to encourage young children's
interest in the outside world and the wildlife around them.
A spotter's chart for children to fill in, and links to Internet-based
activities in each book, mean that children can extend the fun.
Little Pals Bird Watching Set with Paint Your Own Bird Feeder, Binoculars and Bird Spotter Book
Super Bird Watching Kit from Little Pals. With a pair of binoculars, a "build and paint your own" bird house and an I-Spy Book of Birds, you can explore the towns and countryside ticking off all the birds inside the book. And with a Build and Paint Your Own Bird House included you can encourage birds into your garden. All packed into a useful "Twitchers Carry Bag" to keep your bird watching kit together on trips out.
Ultimate Explorer Field Guides British Birds: Find Adventure!
This fun, photo-filled, and fact-packed guide to birds in Britain and Ireland will make kids look and listen to find the feathered friends right in their own gardens.
From ducks to hawks, sparrows to sandpipers, kids will learn how, where, and when to spot birds. With tons of info, it's the perfect companion for garden watching, day trips, camping or holidays. Durable and portable, it's just right for pocket or backpack.
Aoneky Kids Binoculars - Mini Compact Zoom Binoculars for Children
Perfect for Children – Mini compact binoculars in perfect size and Non-slip rubber grip
British Birds (Nature Detective)
This easy-to-follow bird-spotting book for children introduces more than 50 of the most common birds found in Britain today. There are full descriptions of the birds, along with their scientific name, size, family and habitat. Full colour photographs will help with easy identification. Includes advice on how to be a good birdwatcher, such as best places to see birds and how to take notes to aid recognition, and tips on how to attract birds to your garden or local area. Find out how to make bird food to help birds survive the winter.
Birds featured: Barn Owl, Black-headed Gull, Blackbird, Blackcap, Blue Tit, Bullfinch, Buzzard, Canada Goose, Carrion Crow, Chaffinch, Coal Tit, Collared Dove, Common Gull, Coot, Cormorant, Cuckoo, Dunnock, Feral Pigeon, Fieldfare, Goldfinch, Great Crested Grebe, Great Spotted Woodpecker, Great Tit, Green Woodpecker, Greenfinch, Grey Heron, Grey Partridge, Grey Wagtail, Greylag Goose, Herring Gull, House Martin, House Sparrow, Jackdaw, Jay, Kestrel, Kingfisher, Little Grebe, Long-tailed Tit, Magpie, Mallard, Mistle Thrush, Moorhen, Mute Swan, Nuthatch, Pheasant, Pied Wagtail, Pigeon, Pochard, Puffin, Raven, Red Kite, Redwing, Ring-necked Parakeet, Robin, Rook, Shag, Siskin, Song Thrush, Sparrowhawk, Starling, Swallow, Swift, Tawny Owl, Tree Sparrow, Tufted duck, White Wagtail, Woodpigeon, Wren.
National Trust: Out and About Bird Spotter - A children's guide to over 100 different birds
Ideal for any budding birdwatchers, this book encourages children to get outside and spot birds in the wild! It is packed with useful information about how to get started, as well as a comprehensive field guide section full of expert tips on how to identify a species when they're out and about.
Written by Robyn Swift in consultation with experts from the National Trust and featuring gorgeous illustrations by renowned ornithological illustrator, Mike Langman, whose work is often used by the RSPB.
Other titles in the series include: Out and About Minibeast Explorer and Out and About Night Explorer.
Baker Ross Mini Wooden Birdhouses (Box of 4) For Kids to Decorate, Arts and Crafts
Kids Bird Feeder: Tweet' them to a wooden birdhouse Kids build your own birdhouse kit for kids to craft and paint.
Red Kite Single Line Bird Of Prey Kite
Wing Span: 102cm
Birds of Prey Educational Poster - 32 European Birds of Prey
Our British Birds 500 Piece Jigsaw Puzzle for Adults & for Kids Age 10 +
This original and charming interpretation of British Birds makes us look afresh at our feathered friends. Just imagine some of these on your bird feeder or bird table. Featuring Owls, Woodpeckers, finches and more
Charlie Crow Robin Red Breast Christmas Nativity Costume
Charlie Crow Robin Red Breast Christmas nativity costume for children
Greenfingers Build Your Own Bird Feeder
Build your own bird feeder and get a fabulous close up view of birds feeding from inside your home. It makes a lovely little window bird feeder that attaches to your window with suction cups and it could be a great project for your kids who could also learn about wild birds at the same time. It is an ingenious way to feed the birds and view them at close quarters and once made you can wood stain it or paint it in the colour of your choice. This easy to assemble kit comes in a tin made from recyclable steel and contains the wooden kit with glue. It would make a great gift for anyone who loves DIY and wild birds and the tin could also be used to store bird feed. It is a brilliant creative way to introduce your children to caring for wild birds and they will be proud to see their artistic prowess displayed in your garden for all to see. Instructions included Toy Safety Directive 2009/48/EC compliant Not suitable for very young children With disappearing habitats and climatic changes the Royal Society for the Protection of Birds (RSPB) and the British Trust for Ornithology (BTO) both recommend the year-round feeding of garden birds to maintain a healthy and viable flock of native species.
National Trust: Robins, Wrens and other British Birds (National Trust Sticker Spotter Books)
The second in a gorgeous sticker book series created with the National Trust, this book is packed with facts about brilliant birds and their homes. With four pages of wildlife stickers, you can stick the ducks into the pond, fill the sky with swallows, add nests to the treetops, and much, much more. From oystercatchers wading in the estuary to woodpeckers nesting in the woods, this is an excellent introduction to all types of birds for the very young.
RSPB Children's Guide to Birdwatching
This new RSPB-endorsed book is a practical, exciting and comprehensive introduction to watching birds, for children aged 8-12 years. Lavishly illustrated throughout with full-colour photographs and paintings, it begins by discussing general birding - where to go and when, what equipment to take with you, tips on attracting birds to your garden, how to take field notes etc. The second half of the book comprises a field guide to more than a hundred and thirty of the commonest species of Britain and Ireland, using clear illustrations backed up by concise, straightforward text describing key identification points, such as behaviour, voice and habitat. This informative and lively book will greatly enhance children's enjoyment of birdwatching, and will help to engender a lifetime of enthusiasm for birds and birding.
Outdoor Explorer Kit Gifts Toys,Kids Binoculars Set,Outdoor Exploration Set,Best for 8+ Year Old Boy and Girl,Kids Adventure Kit
Binoculars for Kids Compact 8x21 Binoculars
i-SPY Birds: What can you spot?
Beat the boredom and take time out from screens with this pocket-sized book packed with facts, photos and fantastic spots for hours of fun!
Kids will have fun collecting points outdoors with more than 140 varieties of birds to find. From robins to house martins, buzzards to barn owls, they’ll learn all about our feathered friends. And once they’ve scored 1000 points, super-spotters can claim their official i-SPY certificate and badge.
With more than 30 i-SPY books to collect, there’s something for everyone!
i-SPY Garden Birds: What can you spot?
Search for over 140 bird-related spots with this i-SPY guide. This fun activity book encourages kids to look closely at different types of birds and what they do, from robins and sea gulls to flock formation and feeding behaviour, in search of i-SPY points. A fun, interactive way to encourage curious children to learn about the world around them.
Listen to the Birds - sound book
An internationally bestselling series of board books with amazing real-life sounds!
What sounds do a nightingale, cuckoo, great tit, magpie, pigeon and blackbird make? Push the buttons to find out!
Aimed at babies and toddlers, this ground-breaking series of interactive board books has a button on every spread, which plays one of six different exceptional quality sound effects. Children of every age will be captivated as they bring the artwork to life with six amazing real-life sounds.
i-SPY In the Countryside: What can you spot?
Beat the boredom and take time out from screens with this pocket-sized book packed with facts, photos and fantastic spots for hours of fun!
Kids will have fun collecting points in the countryside with more than 140 things to find. From trees and flowers to animals and insects, they’ll learn all about life in the country. And once they’ve scored 1000 points, super-spotters can claim their official i-SPY certificate and badge.
With more than 30 i-SPY books to collect, there’s something for everyone!
National Trust: Nature Origami: With 50 Sheets of Origami Paper
This stunning gift book features enticing paper-cut artwork from Clover Robin, alongside simple instructions to make 13 different origami animals and objects, brief poems about nature, as well as 50 sheets of origami paper!
From squirrels to snails and foxes to flowers, these amazing origami figures are all inspired by nature.
Includes easy step-by-step origami instructions, ideal for children (and grown-ups!) to follow and learn. There are 3 difficulty levels, so this book will suit complete beginners as well as more experienced origami fans as well as a handy QR code linking to how-to videos to help beginners.
The book also includes 50 sheets of origami paper to pull out and use, with patterns on one side and solid colours on the other so children can make different versions of each object.
RSPB Nature Guide: Birds: A Big Garden Birdwatch Book
Do you know that cormorants are expert fishers? They swim along the water and then quickly dive to catch their prey! Or that great crested grebes fluff up their feathers and break out into a dance to attract their mates?
From the easy-to-spot, year-round tufted duck to the summer visitor and cackling fulmar, get ready to find out about 137 different birds. There are so many feathered friends to meet in this children's spotter's field guide, published in collaboration with the RSPB, the largest wildlife conservation charity in Europe.
You will learn where to find birds, what different bird habitats look like and which birds to look out for throughout different seasons. Including our favourite birds, such as the goldfinch, robin, blue tit, blackbird and even owl, as well as some less common visitors we might not know of, each page contains information boxes about each bird.
The Little Book of the Dawn Chorus
The Little Book of the Dawn Chorus is a sound book of genuine charm, whose attractiveness persists well beyond the novelty of pushing the buttons. From the little-bit-of-bread-and-no-cheese of the yellowhammer s call to the coo, coo-oo, cook of the collared dove, the members of the chorus are lovingly counted off, with their Latin names, the times before sunrise at which they sing and enticing titbits of trivia such as the fact that a starling can imitate a chainsaw offered up against a background of crisp, vivid bird photography. This sweet-voiced introduction to a true quotidian miracle will make twitchers of listeners young or old; it may also prompt the purchase of sister volumes, chronicling the songs of ¬garden and woodland birds.
The Little Book of Night-time Animal Sounds
This massively popular series carries on from the much-loved The Little Book of Garden Bird Songs Now you can listen to the sounds of the night with this magically atmospheric tour of the animals who inhabit the world around you whilst you sleep easily accessed at the touch of 12 simple sound buttons. Guaranteed to chase away bed-time fears and make the night a time to look forward to eagerly. This is a wonderful book for all the family to enjoy and one that brings the wonderful world of nature even closer to you. Who goes there? Now you ll know!
Spotting and Jotting Guide: Our British Birds
There is nothing better than spotting a bird you have never seen before, so here is a handy way of keeping all your jottings in check. In Matt Sewell's much-loved pop art style, and small enough to pop in your pocket, Our Garden Birds: Spotting and Jotting is the perfect accessory for bird-seekers and nature-lovers alike. Replicated in stunning watercolours and true-to-life, discover wild and wonderful birds from Greenfinches to Goldcrests, Blackcaps and Collared doves. So, grab your binoculars and start spotting and jotting your favourite feathered friends.
Puffin Rock: Hello Little Egg
Welcome to Puffin Rock - home to two young and fun puffins, Oona and Baba. Join this delightful pair as they discover their island and embark on new and exciting adventures. With beautiful and nostalgic illustrations, these characters are set to become firm preschool favourites.
Bird Mobiles: A Collection of Bird Mobiles to Cut and Glue Together
A bird is a particularly appropriate subject for a mobile and each of the ones in this collection is a source of continuing pleasure. Cut them out from the book and glue them together following the simple instructions. When finished, you will have six beautiful and varied mobiles: a pheasant, a barn owl, a kingfishers, a puffin, a green woodpecker, and a robin on its nest. There is also a clever circular disc to make where you can dial up information about the birds, their habits, and their habitat.
Owl Babies Book and Toy Gift Set
"I want my mommy!" Three baby owls awake one night to find their mother gone, and they can't help but wonder where she is. What is she doing? When will she be back? Martin Waddell's tender text and Patrick Benson's stunning illustrations capture the anxious little owls as they worry--and the joyous flapping, dancing, and bouncing that greet their mother's return. Now little readers will be bouncing themselves when they see the fluffy white baby owl they can play with long after the book is closed! A new edition of this comforting classic comes with a cute owl toy to remind the youngest of children that Mommy always comes back.
Perfect gifts for bird lovers
Puzzles, games & Jigsaws
Birds Waterlands 500 piece Jigsaw Puzzle
EuroGraphics Birds Puzzle (1000 Pieces)
The House of Puzzles - 1000 Piece Jigsaw Puzzle
de Luxe-Summer Garden Birds 500 Piece Jigsaw
Lplpol Puzzle for Adults and Kids - Garden Birds
Talking Tables 1000 Piece English Countryside & British Birds Jigsaw Puzzle
Bits and Pieces - 750 Piece Shaped Puzzle - The Watchers, Owl
This beautifully illustrated bingo game features 64 species of birds from around the world. Spot all kinds of birds – from the robin to the puffin and the kookaburra to the splendid fairywren – mark them off on your card and bingo! Bird Bingo brings a fun and educational twist to the traditional game as players learn the names and colourings of both their favourite species and weird and wonderful exotic birds. Contains 64 superbly illustrated bird tokens, one board, 12 bingo cards and brightly coloured counters for you to mark up your card, as well as a leaflet containing basic information and a few quirky traits for all of the birds featured.
Bug Bingo
This beautifully illustrated bingo game features 64 species of bugs from around the world. Identify all kinds of insects – from the giant hawker dragonfly to the kissing bug and the orchid bee to the sacred scarab – mark them off on your card and bingo! Bug Bingo brings a fun and educational twist to the traditional game as players learn the names and colourings of both favourite species like the honey bee and more exotic bugs like the vampire moth. Contains one masterboard, 64 superbly illustrated bug tokens, 12 bingo cards and brightly coloured counters for you to mark up your card, as well as a leaflet containing basic information and a few quirky traits for all of the bugs featured.
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