Nocturnal Animals

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Nocturnal Animals

• Nocturnal animals are animals that prefer to come
  out during the night. Some nocturnal animals can
  be seen during the day, others spend the whole
  day resting or sleeping.

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Badgers
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The female badger is called a 'sow' and the male
is a 'boar'.
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What do badgers eat?Badgers like all sorts of
food including earthworms, nuts, berries, frogs
and even young rabbits.
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What noise do badgers make?Badgers make several
different noises including snorts, growls and
screams.
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Badgers in gardensBadgers mainly live in the
countryside but sometimes they visit peoples
gardens looking for food.
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Where do badgers live?Badgers live in 'setts'
which are a series of underground chambers and
tunnels. Some setts are hundreds of years old.
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There are 17 types of bat in the UK.Ever heard
the saying 'blind as a bat'? Well, it's just an
old wives' tale! In low light, bats can see even
better than humans.
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Big ears!Long-eared bats' ears are
three-quarters the length of their head and body.
Just imagine if you had ears of that proportion!
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Name gameHorseshoe bats get their name because
of the flap of horseshoe-shaped flesh around
their nose.
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Lightweights!The pipistrelle bat is the
smallest. Put 11 paperclips in the palm of your
hand. That's about the same weight as a
pipistrelle bat!
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Did you know?A bat's squeak is very high-pitched
and the older you get the more difficult it is to
hear.Listen carefully - can YOU hear it?
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Under protectionBats are protected by law, so
you could be fined or even end up in prison if
you disturb them. And because they return to the
same places every year, a bat roost is protected
even when the bats aren't home!
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Home to roostThe place where bats sleep is
called a roost. Bats hang upside down when they
sleep because that's the only way their muscles
will support them.
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Foxes
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The male fox is called a 'dog' or 'tod'. It
hunts alone rather than in packs, hence the
saying 'on one's tod', meaning going alone.
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What do foxes eat?In the wild, foxes eat worms,
beetles, rabbits, chickens and snails. They don't
like to waste food and will save leftovers for
later by burying them.
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Can foxes live in cities?Lots of foxes now live
in towns and cities and will eat any food left
over that they can find in bins or compost heaps.
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Could I see a fox in my Garden?Foxes are
nocturnal animals which means they come out at
night. That's why the best time to look out for a
fox is at dawn or dusk.
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What sound do foxes make?Foxes communicate using
lots of different sounds including barks and
eerie screams.
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Where do foxes live?Foxes live in underground
burrows called 'earths'.
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Hedgehogs
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Did you know a baby hedgehog is called a
'hoglet'?
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Making a splash!Hedgehogs are good
swimmers.They're expert climbers too and have
been known to climb over garden walls.
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Awesome armourHedgehogs have about 5,000 spikes
on their backs which they use to protect
themselves from predators.
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What do hedgehogs eat?Slugs, snails,
caterpillars, beetles, earthworms, birds' eggs
and sometimes frogs . Hedgehogs can be very noisy
eaters - they grunt as they munch!
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Where do hedgehogs live? A hedgehog spends the
day sleeping in hedgerows or under shrubs.
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Winter homeA hedgehog hibernates from November
until March.A hedgehog's hibernation nest is
called a hibernacular.
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Owls
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Turning headsOwls have amazing hearing and can
see well in the dark. They can't move their eyes
but make up for it by being able to swivel their
heads almost right round.
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Where do owls live? They nest in farm buildings
as well as churches, sheds and natural holes in
trees.
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What do owls eat?Insects, shrews, mice, voles,
rats, small birds and frogs.
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What does an owl sound like?Some owls do not
hoot, instead they make a long, eerie screech.
They also hiss, snore and yap.