Hedgehog

Hedgehog The hedgehog lives in parks,

gardens and in the forest, in most of Europe. And it is very common in Denmark.

The hedgehogs eats insects, worms and sometimes apples that are falling down from apple trees.

It is brown and it has 6000 spikes on its bag, and they are very sharp. The hedgehog can be up to 30 cm long. And it weighs about 500 - 1500g

The female gets 4-6 cubs at the time. And she is pregnant in 35 days.

The hedgehog don’t have enemies, the only animal that can kill the hedgehog it is the badger, but the badger doesn’t normally eat hedgehogs.

Made by Fiona 6th grade Denmark

Squirrel The squirrel lives in the trees, in inter alia forests, gardens, and parks all over Europe.

The squirrel is especially a herbivore, and eats seeds, nuts and acorns. Sometimes the squirrel eats insects and nestlings or birds eggs.

The female gets 3-7 cubs, and they are pregnant for 36-42 days.

The squirrel can be 6-7 years old, but most of them dies when they are 3-4 years old.

The squirrels enemies is the fox, the cat and the pine marten.

The squirrel has a white belly, and a long, bushy, brown-red tail.

Made by Helena 6th grade Denmark

Squirrel cubPine marten

Badger The badger eat Worms, rabbits, snakes, mice and moles.

The females get 1-5 pups. The pups come out in the end of February, and the first of March.

The badger is Denmark’s biggest predator, bigger than the fox.

The badger is between 6-20 kg and it`s length is between 68-80 cm long.

The green places is where the badger lives.

The footprints is around 5 cm long, with five toes.

There are many badgers who gets bogged down by a car on the road.

Made by Anders 5th grade Denmark

The Fox

The Fox eats: Hedgehog, Moles, mice and a brown bat.

The fox live everywhere in Denmark. You can find it in country and nowadays even in the cities. Foxes stay together in family flocks to protect their territory of against strangers foxes.

The fox has a very distinctive look. It looks like a slender, medium-sized dog. The body measures approx. 70 cm, tail about 40 cm long and it weights usually 6.5-8 kg. The male is slightly larger than the female.

The fox can make over 40 different sounds

You can see the fox mostly at night and in the early morning.

Sometimes the fox gets ran over the cars because some fox live in the city Made by Frederik 5th grade Denmark

The White Stork

Made by Daniel 6th grade Denmark

The stork has been very common in Denmark for hundreds a years. And in the old days it was said that the stork came with the babies.

Unfortunately the stork is very seldom and in 2013 there where only two couples and all their nestling died.

The stork eats: frogs, toads, fish, insects, snails, grass snakes and even mice and small birds.

It lays 3-5 eggs.

The Stork comes to Denmark in April and migrate again in September.

An owl looks like a bird, it has tiny legs and it can turn its head all around.

It has an excellent hearing and a very good vision, therefore it can easily hunt by night.

The Owl just eats: field voles and other mice, lizards, frogs, insects and earthworms. It swallows its prey and then the owl disgorges the indigestible parts of its food

The owl lays 3-4 eggs in March. Their nest is a hole in a tree.

Made by Nikolai 6th grade Denmark

The most common owl in Denmark is the tawny owl.

The left overs from a chaffinch.

Young tawny owls

Owl