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In our January (Lake Baikal) issue, we asked you to send us a drawing or a photo of your favourite garden bird. Thank you to all the bird lovers who shared their drawings and letters! Find out who the lucky five winners are in our March issue of Eco Kids Planet.
Robin by Fiona, Switzerland
Gold finch and woodpecker by Ralph, age 6
Blue titby Annabel, age 8
Black-billed magpie by Ika, age 9
Blue tit by Isla, age 7
Blackbirdby Sam, age 7
Blue titby Pearl, age 8
Longtailed tits on the feeder outside our kitchen windowby Kitty, age 6
Barn Owl by Indigo, age 5
Magpie and blue titby Olesya, age 7
Blue tit by Ben, age 5
European jay by Alexis, age 9
Blue tit by Cuba, age 7
Blue titby Samuel, age 5
Robinby Clara, age 9
A Sparrow Hawkby Toby, age 9
A Sony Thrushby Oliver, age 12
Eaglesby Sohn, age 10
Pileated woodpecker by Sophe, age 7
Great tit by Natalie, age 9
Blue tit by Eva, age 9
Blue tit by Umamah
Blue tit and blackbird by Arlo, age 7
My garden bird by Hana Léna, age 5
Robin by Harry, age 8
Cassowary by Ben, age 7
Dove by Elza, age 6
My garden bird by Evie, age 11
Robin by Grace, age 8
Blue tit by Sophie, age 7
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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...
Somewhere beneath a grassy field right now, a tiny insect is building an underground loudspeaker. Male mole crickets engineer horn-shaped burrows that amplify their calls hundreds of metres into the night air – and your child can recreate the same science at home using nothing but cardboard and a phone. This hands-on experiment explores sound, shape and natural engineering in a way that is genuinely surprising. No screens, no special equipment, just a brilliant idea borrowed from nature.
