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In January's "Best Builders" issue, we asked you to send us a drawing of an amazing animal builder. Thank you to everyone who sent us their entries. We were delighted to see such a wide range of animals!
Harpy eagle
Flame Bowerbird
The male flame bowerbird builds elaborate bowers to impress the females.
Pelican
Bea, age 9, Northhampton
Burrowing Owl
Georgia, aged 14, Leekbrook
Tawny Owl
Richard Robin
Osprey, swan, squirrel and woodpecker
Robin
Beaver
Beaver
House martin
The beaver dam
Golden-headed cisticola
Bowerbird
Prairie dog
Weasel
Willow Rose, age 8
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This competition asked you to design a secret egg hidden somewhere in nature, and your entries went far beyond the obvious nests and burrows. Eggs arrived disguised as pine cones, floating on leaf boats, perched on volcano ledges, tucked into cloud cover and even masquerading as chocolate Easter eggs to fool foxes. Thank you to every reader who took up the challenge and thought like a parent bird, fish, reptile or imaginary creature trying to keep their precious egg safe.
We were swept away by the response to this competition. Letters arrived from rivers across the world – the Thames, the Mississippi and many more unnamed waterways – each one brimming with personality, passion and a genuine love of the natural world. You gave your rivers voices that were worried, hop...
