This week at forest school we decided to walk straight to our usual site. We were amazed to find that our site was quite overgrown and some of the plants were almost as tall as us! As we arrived, we discovered something quite amazing lying on the floor. Tara wasn’t sure what it was and asked for the children to help her identify this strange object. It was a bluey-green egg-shaped object. The children immediately identified it as a bird egg but what sort of bird egg? We were intrigued and decided to venture further into the woods to see if we could spot anything which may give us a clue. We could see some footprints on the floor and were quick to point out that these were deer prints. But deer don’t lay eggs!

Once in the middle of our site, it was time to investigate and get busy. Some children decided to add to the existing den , some decided to go on an adventure whilst the others decided to engage in some bug and bird spotting. There was a lot going on! Lisa’s group managed to spot our resident sparrowhawks which delighted the children whilst Tara’s group found some minibeasts which included the longest worm we had ever seen! Kirsten’s group got busy finding a safe place to house their egg before helping to add to the den.

After lunch we spotted a little visitor. A huge slug had decided to sit on our tarpaulin and was refusing to move! The children decided to try and feed it. We firstly attempted breadsticks but that was a no. Then we tried leaves but still the slug was not interested. The children thought he may just be tired so we retired him to a cosy stick whilst we tidied up. It was time to leave our beautiful woodland for the day. We will be back though and we hope our sluggy friend will be waiting for us!