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Are you familiar with the animals and plants you're likely to encounter in Britain during winter? What about the strategies and adaptations that help them survive?
Find out about the plants and animals that make the UK home.
Images featured in the quiz are in the public domain (CC0) apart from:
Fox standing in snow © Giedriius/Shutterstock.com
Pipistrelle bat © Giles San Martin, licensed under CC BY-SA 2.0 via Flickr
Barn swallow © Walter Siegmund, licensed under CC BY-SA 3.0 via Wikimedia Commons
Snowdrops © The Trustees of The Natural History Museum, London
Common blue © gailhampshire, licensed under CC BY 2.0 via Flickr
Grey seal pup on the beach © Nicram Sabod/Shutterstock.com
Waxwing © Michael Chatt/Shutterstock.com
'Smiling' seal pup © Steve Mann/Shutterstock.com
Meet some of the birds you're likely to spot in your garden during the colder months of the year.
Museum wildlife experts share their favourite signs spring is here or on its way.
Help your local wild birds to survive winter by putting out these nutritious fat balls.
How well do you know our eight-legged friends? Try this quiz.
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