Endangered Creatures in Scottish Forests

1. Endangered Creatures in Scottish Forests Alasdair, Saad and Shiona Robert, Zara and Cara Waquaas, Mark and Hamza Louise, Joe and Iqra Ali Ruquaiyah, Gulain and Campbell Shawlands Primary Primary 7

2. Breeding The mating season often starts on warm days in January, the squirrels chasing each other through the branches. The female red squirrel may produce two litters in a good year, one in April and the other in August. There are, on average, three babies in a litter. The young are born blind and don’t have any fur. Diet In the wild Red Squirrels eat a variety of foods including fungi, bird eggs, plus a wide variety of other seeds, nuts, dried corn, fruits, buds, bark, leaves, pine cones, and a variety of other plants and crops. Habitat The red squirrel is not well spread and can be found mainly in and the Scottish Highlands. Red Squirrels Appearance and Threats The Red Squirrel is smaller than the grey and is a warm reddish brown colour. It has a bushier tail of one colour and has long tufts on its ears in winter.The biggest threat for red squirrels are grey squirrels because they have diseases that red squirrels can die of. By Cara, Robert and Zara

3. European Beaver Habitat & Diet • European Beavers normally live next to fresh water lochs (Scottish name for lake) or slow moving rivers. • Beavers live mostly in Scottish forests • Beavers are vegetarians, they like to eat grass, aquatic plants and shrubs, they like wood tasting plants in the winter.

4. Appearance & Dangers • European beavers look oval shaped and they have a very very heavy tail which can weigh up to 30kg • They have very sharp teeth and have brown fur. • There are no natural predators for the European beaver but probably their biggest threats are humans. By Alasdair, Saad & Shiona

5. PEARL BORDERED FRITILLARY BUTTERFLY Appearance The pearl bordered fritillary butterfly is orange with black spots on the upper side of its wing. It has two silver pearls on the underside of the hind wing. The adult wingspan can grow up to 42 mm. Habitat The Pearl bordered fritillary butterfly lives in the woodlands, where there have been trees cut down. There are areas of grass, plants and open scrub. They live in small populations, and butterflies fly between different animals of the same type living together that are sharing a suitable habitat.

6. Breeding Individual eggs are laid in the autumn on dead leaves or leaf litter near grass areas where violets grow. Distributionsof the Pearl Bordered Fritillary Butterfly in Scotland. DIET Both caterpillars and adult butterflies eat on the common dog flower and marsh flower. Threats Changes in woodland management over past years have led to the decline of the butterflies. Woodland practices such as coppicing and thinning. Many areas have been planted with trees. Woodland rides and clearings have become increasingly shady and overgrown. Plant habitats are no longer managed through eating. By Waqaas, Mark & Hamza

7. Adder snake Facts • The adder is a reptile and the only poisonous snake in Great Britain. • No one has died from an adder bite in over 20 years. • Adders have the best type of venom but they are not aggressive snake and they only use their venom as there last choice.

8. APPEARANCE Most adders have a dark zigzag line going down its spine and an inverted V on the back of its neck LIFESPAN Adders live up to 20 years in the wild . Females weigh up to 80 to 100gm and males live up to 50 to 60gm. THREATS Young adders are threatened by lots of animals and sometimes by adult snakes. Adders are also hunted and killed by rodents while they are in hibernation. HABITAT They live in the rough countryside and near woodland areas. The best time to see an adder is in spring time. Louise Hartley,Iqra Ali, Joe Lakey

9. Scottish Crossbill Habitat Appearance Scottish Crossbills are to be found in the Highlands of Scotland, in particular Deeside, Strathspey, Moray, Ross-shire and the Great Glen. This is a Scottish Crossbill it has one of the weirdest beaks in the world. The head and bill of a Scottish Crossbill are massive compared to most Crossbills. DIET They love eating pine seeds, They retrieve these by picking the branches and eating the breaking the pines shells then eating the seeds Breeding Threats It breeds and winters in coniferous woodlands with a preference for pines. Wood cutters and other big birds such as eagles.

10. Tables of Endangered Scottish and Spanish Forest Wildlife. Both Scotland and Spain have many species of forest creatures which are endangered. Each school chose 5 to find out about. These tables shows some of the information we found out. It is very interesting to learn about wildlife in another country. There are many similarities. One difference is Scotland does not have wild bears! Shawlands Primary

11. Endangered Scottish Forest Wild Life Creature Appearance Habitat Threats The head and bill of a Scottish crossbill are more massive than those of a common crossbill. Scottish Crossbills are to be found in the Highlands of Scotland, in particular Deeside, Strathspey, Moray, Ross-shire and the Great Glen. Wood cutters and other big birds such as eagles. Scottish Crossbill European beavers look oval shaped and they have a very heavy tail They have very sharp teeth and brown fur. European Beavers normally live next to fresh water lochs (Scottish name for lake) or slow moving rivers. Beavers live mostly in Scottish forests There are no natural predators for the European beaver but probably their biggest threats are humans. European Beaver Pearl Bordered Fritillary Butterfly The Pearl bordered fritillary butterfly lives in the woodlands, where there have been trees cut down. The pearl bordered fritillary butterfly is orange with black spots on the upper side of its wing. It has two silver pearls on the underside of the hind wing. Changes in woodland management over past years have led to the decline of the butterflies. Young adders are threatened by lots of animals and sometimes by adult snakes. Adders are also hunted and killed by rodents while they are in hibernation. They live in the rough countryside and near woodland areas. The best time to see an adder is in spring time. Most adders have a dark zigzag line going down its spine and an inverted V on the back of its neck Adder Snake The red squirrel is not well spread and can be found mainly in and the Scottish Highlands. The biggest threat for red squirrels are grey squirrels because they have diseases that red squirrels can die of. The Red Squirrel is smaller than the grey and is a warm reddish brown colour. Red Squirrel

12. Endangered Spanish Forest Wild Life Creature Appearance Habitat Threats The partridge of the Pyrenees is a small galliforme, There is littlle differences between male and female partridge. It has light diamond shaped spots in the feathers of the back and in the feathers of the neck It Lives in mountainous regions such as the Pyrenees, Cantabrian Mountains and Iberian System. It has been declared endangered animal in Navarra and la Rioja thus, they cannot be hunted Grey Partridge Its feathers are dark. It has slate-colored wings. It has red eyes. A black mask extends from its eyes to the base of the peak. This species is present in mountainous areas, in the Pyrenees and Cazorla mountains. To eliminate its threats. To make a census of couples. To provided these birds with food Lammergeier The beard has a thick brown coat. Iberian bear is the largest mammal in Spain. It is plantigrade because the soles of their feet are flat on the ground when walking.Beards hibernates in winter. The brown bear has disappeared from the mountains of Navarre. In the Pyrenees there are only 17 beards. They are protected by law. They are trying to reintroduce them in other places of the Pyrenees. Brown Bear Eliminate threats that could kill them. Protect the places where they live and stop hunting them. Census of the couples.Winter sports represent a threat for them. It has a maximum size of 1.10 m for males and 0.70m females. It has beard-shaped feathers under the beak and a fan-shaped tail. Around the eyes has red tubers. In the mountainous areas of the Roncal valley, in the massif of Larra. Capercaille The bat is a mammal, is very small, with stretched ears.  Highlights the lack of hair about eyes.  It has a two-tone hair, back-hair is dark base and peak gray, and ventral-hair is almost white. They live in all sorts of caves and cracks which they use as shelters. Old houses are also places where they like to live in. In Spain in the whole peninsula Its main threat is the disappearance of old houses and garages without rehabilitation. Bat