This information tells you about
RSPB Arne.
Visitors spend around
2 hours here.
When you get to Arne, there
will be people in the Welcome
Hut who can help you.
They can tell you about the
different paths.
The Welcome Hut is open from
9am to 4.30pm, every day of
the week.
There is also a shop and a
café.
There are toilets in the car park
and the café.
The accessible toilets are in
the shop/ café.
Arne is run by the Royal Society
for the Protection of Birds (RSPB).
This booklet is about:
the RSPB Arne nature reserve
the animals that live here
the plants that grow here
R S P B
Royal
Society
Protection
Birds
RSPB look after the nature
reserves, which are places
reserved for nature to live in.
Keeping the nature reserves
how they should be is called
conservation.
Arne is home to some birds
that are rare.
The Dartford Warbler is a rare
bird.
It is small with a long tail.
There is also a lot of this purple
plant, called Heather here.
Insects and birds love the
purple heather.
Butterfly
Heather
Dartford Warbler
The team at Arne work hard to
conserve the heather and
other plants for the insects and
birds.
1. Walk around and
see RSPB Arne
2. Look for birds from
the Bird Hide.
3. Learn about the animals and plants.
While you are here you can……..
Deer at Arne
There are lots of different
paths that you can walk
around Arne.
Each path will take you to see
different things;
The Fields
The Woods
The Bird Hide
The Beach
Look out for one of the bird
hides on your walk.
Choose your path before
you start and follow the
coloured markers.
Make sure you stay quiet in the hides.
If you are noisy, you might scare away the birds!
Binoculars make seeing the
birds easier.
You can hire binoculars from
the Welcome Hut.
You can see birds if you look
out the holes in the hides.
Hides are rooms you can go
in to watch birds without
them seeing you.
Depending on the weather and the time of year, you
may see the birds below from the bird hides.
Spoonbills
(only in the Winter).
Black-tailed Godwits.
Dark-bellied Brent Geese.
Did you know, the female Black-tailed Godwit
has a longer beak?
Can you see any birds from the hide?
Arne has lots of different
areas, which are known
as habitats.
Heathland
Farmland
Grassland
Beaches
Woodland
Can you see any habitats?
There are a lot of different animals that live in the different habitats.
Can you see any animals?
There are a lot of Sika Deer at
Arne.
Sika Deer don’t normally live in
this country.
Cows Lizards
Birds
Pigs
Sika Deer
1. Arne is run by the RSPB to look after rare birds
and wildlife.
2. There are lots of different habitats conserved
at Arne for the wildlife to live in.
3. If you are quiet you may see wildlife.
Thank you for visiting RSPB Arne.
Please come back again soon!
We hope you enjoyed your day.
What did you enjoy the most?
Now you know that …….
Arne
The name of the area here.
RSPB Stands for: Royal Society
for the Protection of Birds.
Wildlife
Animals, birds, insects, plants
and trees.
Nature reserve
An area of land that is
protected to look after the
wildlife.
Conservation Keeping something the same.
Habitat A special type of area good
for some animals and plants
to live or grow in.
Hides Building that you can watch
the birds from and they can’t
see you!
Binoculars Make things look bigger and
nearer.
Dartford Warbler A rare bird that lives at Arne.
Sika Deer A type of animal that lives at
Arne.
Heather A type of plant that grows at
Arne.
Meaning of some words
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