Are you Wild About Britain? Win an RSPCA Bag for Life (ends 2.12)

To inspire families to get involved, I want to know what your favourite memories of Britain’s wildlife are! From fascinating foxes and heroic hedgehogs to country lanes and woodlands, tell me about your family’s wildlife experiences. All you need to do is add a comment below with your favourite anecdote from Britain’s wildlife – my three favourite comments will win a cute RSPCA wildlife Bag for Life!

Here are some weird and wonderful wildlife facts to get you thinking….

Have you ever seen a black fox? Fox cubs are often born blind and deaf with short back fur, they do not normally start to turn red until they are about five to six weeks old!

Have you heard a Robin singing in summer? Robins are actually one of the only UK birds to sing all year round. In autumn its song is more subdued and melancholy in tone compared with spring’s upbeat song.

Have you witnessed an owl climb? Tawny owlets are able to climb back up into the nest if they fall out. This hopping from perch to perch in trees is called ‘branching’.

When I was a child we lived backing onto a Birmingham Park and regularly spotted foxes in the garden – in fact our next door neighbour’s compost heap was so inviting that a couple of foxes actually made a home there! Before long there were babies on the scene, and my neighbour had set up a hide in the garden to observe the family – we spent evenings there watching the cubs grow up!

Don’t forget, as well as telling your own wildlife tale here on my blog, your children (16 or under) can enter their own story into the Wild About Britain competition by visiting www.wildaboutbritain.org.uk – and tweet your stories with the hashtag #wildaboutbritain too!

Good luck!

Terms and Conditions for the Bag for Life giveaway:
– This giveaway is open to UK residents aged 16+ only
– The closing date for entries is 2 December 2012 at midnight
– To enter, leave a blog comment via Disqus telling me your favourite story about British wildlife (if you have problems with Disqus, try using Firefox rather than IE)
– The 3 winners will be chosen by me on the basis of entertainment and relevance to the theme
– Winners will be contacted via email, Twitter or Facebook message depending on how they have logged into Disqus – if they do not respond within 14 days new winners will be chosen
– Each winner will receive an RSPCA Bag for Life – address details will be forwarded to the RSPCA and they will post out the prizes