Rory and Sandy go to the park and then build a bumblebee house. Ferne visits a wildflower garden. Plus, find out how bumblebees help to make a third of all the food we eat.
Woody finds out all about superhero spiders! Ferne meets a tarantula and feeds a wolf spider at the zoo, while Rory and his son Sandy go on a spider safari in the garden and at the park. Plus, we find out how spiders are amazing predators that are great for the environment.
Today, Himmat wants to learn about wonderful woodlice! Rory and his son Sandy go hunting for woodlice in the park and build a bug hotel, while Ferne learns that woodlice are crustaceans just like crayfish. Plus, we find out how woodlice are great for the environment – they are little eco-engineers!
Bella has lots of questions about some very special beetles - lovely ladybirds! Ferne meets some sun beetles, horned flour beetles and purple jewel beetles at the zoo, while Rory and his son Sandy look for ladybirds in the greenhouse and build a hibernation station for the garden. Plus, we find out why ladybirds are great for the environment. They are pest controllers, who eat lots of little bugs that can destroy valuable crops.
Jasiri finds out some fascinating frog facts! Rory and his son Sandy hop like frogs to the local lochside and make a pond in their garden. Ferne visits an aquarium to meet some amazing amphibians including poison dart frogs. Also, we find out why frogs' place in the food web makes them so important to the balance of the planet.
Zola-Rose discovers lots of interesting facts about super-slow snails! Rory and his son Sandy search for snails in the garden and put on a very exciting snail race, while Ferne meets some very rare snails and holds a giant African land snail at the zoo. Also, we find out why snails are so important to the environment. They play an important part in a giant food web.
Harper has lots of questions about beautiful butterflies! Ferne visits a butterfly farm and gets up close and personal with lots of amazing butterflies. She even helps feed them, but she has to find them first! Meanwhile, Rory and his son Sandy plant some lovely wild flowers to attract butterflies to the garden. Also, we find out why butterflies are so important to the environment by being great pollinators of different crops.
Holly wants to know all there is to know about wriggly earthworms! Ferne visits a worm farm and meets worm expert Ken, and they handle different species of UK worms. Meanwhile, Rory and his son Sandy search the compost bin and the garden for worms and decide to build a wormery to make worm tea! Also, we find out why earthworms are so important to the planet by being amazing soil engineers.
Ezra discovers lots of interesting facts about crabs! Rory and his son Sandy take a trip to the seaside to look in rock pools for crabs. Ferne meets a crab with no shell of its own at the aquarium. Also, we find out how important crabs are to the environment as they act as little litter pickers of the seabed.
Xiangfeng wants to know all about amazing ants! Ferne visits a leaf cutter ant colony at the zoo, while Rory and his son Sandy head into the forest, looking for wood ants. Also, we find out how ants play an important role in the growing of plants and crops. They are amazing soil engineers!
Bella finds out all about some of the smallest mammals in the UK - mice! Chantelle visits a wildlife group to meet Sean, Mossy, Gabriela and Cara and help them release harvest mice into the wild. Rory and his son Sandy are at a farm looking for mice. Chantelle and Rory’s fact files explain about prehensile tails, where mice find food, how many babies they have and whether or not they hibernate. It’s also time to find out what mice do to help the planet! This episode’s Teeny Tiny Task is to make a tennis ball house for harvest mice.
Cristiano finds out all about some teeny tiny recyclers - millipedes! Chantelle visits the zoo to meet Amber and some Tanzanian red-legged millipedes. Rory and his son Sandy search for millipedes under rocks and leaves. Chantelle and Rory’s fact files explain about how many legs millipedes have, why they curl up and how they see. It’s also time to find out what millipedes do to help the planet – detritivores keep the forest floors clean and help plants get oxygen. Sandy’s friend Zoe joins for this episode’s Teeny Tiny Task: learning how to recycle like millipedes.
Amiah-Rae finds out all about some of the smallest underwater creatures – seahorses! Chantelle meets seahorse fans Joss and Gabriel and puts on her wetsuit for an underwater safari. Rory and his son Sandy are at an aquarium just in time for seahorse feeding time. Chantelle and Rory’s fact files explain how seahorses hide, how they use their prehensile tails and how many babies they have. It’s also time to find out how seahorses help the ocean – in the food web and as an indicator species. This episode’s Teeny Tiny Task is to make some seahorse art with recycled beach materials.
Maisie finds out all about some very busy creatures – honeybees. Chantelle meets some of CBBC’s Show Me the Honey team, Darcey Mae and Curtis, as they show her inside a hive. While Rory and his son Sandy get an unusual view of a busy hive. Chantelle and Rory’s fact files explain how long honeybees live for, why they sting and whether they can smell flowers. It’s also time to find out how honeybees help the planet, and how the pollinators build a honeycomb. Sandy’s friend Zoe joins for this episode’s Teeny Tiny Task: making a wildflower seed ball.
Freddie finds out all about creatures that live on land and underwater – newts. Chantelle is at a zoo to meet Kira and two very special salamanders while Rory and his son Sandy are at a country park to meet a very special protected newt. Chantelle and Rory’s fact files explain why great crested newts are protected, what kinds of newts live in the UK and where they live. It’s also time to find out why newts are important to our planet. This episode’s Teeny Tiny Task is to make a winter home for newts – a hibernaculum.
Jessie finds out all about some very speedy teeny tiny creatures – lizards. Chantelle joins Tom and Harvey to discover what lizards eat. Meanwhile, Rory and his son Sandy are at a country park trying to find the super speedy creatures who are very good at hiding. Chantelle and Rory’s fact files explain the differences between lizards and newts, how big lizards grow and which species can change colour. It’s also time to find out how lizards help the planet as predators. This episode’s Teeny Tiny Task is to make some great lizard art.
Elena finds out all about marvellous moths. Chantelle is with Dr Amir Khan to see one of the world’s biggest moths while Rory and his son Sandy are in disguise being moth spies. Chantelle and Rory’s fact files explain how moths hide, how they can find their way in the dark and the differences between moths and butterflies. It’s also time to find out how moths help the planet at night. This episode’s Teeny Tiny Task is to plant some night-flowering plants.
Henry wants to know all about brilliant beetles. Chantelle is with farm vet Claire, looking for some teeny tiny creatures who love to recycle. Meanwhile, Rory and his son Sandy are looking around the garden for little beetles and find a jumpy surprise. Chantelle and Rory’s fact files explain how big beetles are, whether they can fly and how beetles smell. It’s also time to find out how beetles recycle rubbish like animal poo. Sandy’s friend Zoe joins for this episode’s Teeny Tiny Task - making a beetle log pyramid.
James finds out all about some very cool sea creatures – starfish. Chantelle is with Dawood to investigate different types of starfish – one with chocolate chips and another that looks like a cushion. Rory and his son Sandy are on Longniddry Beach looking in rockpools for starfish and seastars. Chantelle and Rory’s fact files explain about the shape of starfish, how long they can live and how starfish stop other creatures eating them. It’s also time to find out why they are an important keystone species. This episode’s Teeny Tiny Task is to help the beach and the creatures by litter picking.
Brooke finds out all about one of the UK’s favourite birds – robins. Chantelle is with Kabir at a nature reserve listening out for different kinds of birds while Rory and his son Sandy are in the garden digging for worms and bird spotting. Chantelle and Rory’s fact files explain why robins have a red breast, what colour robin chicks are and why robins are on Christmas cards. It’s also time to find out what robins do for the planet as pest controllers. This episode’s Teeny Tiny Task is to help the birds by making a bird feeder.
Rory and Sandy search for puffins in Scotland and become 'more puffin' with some creative face painting, whilst Chantelle joins Aneeshwar in Yorkshire to try and spot a puffling!
Chantelle meets some new friends at the beach to look for barnacles and play a supersticky barnacle game, while Rory meets a marine expert where they get their feet a little wet!
In the forest, Rory and Sandy search for red squirrels and jump around the treetops just like a squirrel! Chantelle heads offshore to meet an expert and lots more amazing red squirrels.
Chantelle visits a school nature garden, where she joins the children to search for slugs, while Rory meets an expert on our superslimy friends.
At a nature reserve, Rory, Sandy and Zoe play at being earwigs using their pincer litter pickers for the leaves, and Chantelle meets a superbug expert in a beautiful allotment.
Chantelle meets some schoolchildren, and they look for a devil’s coach horse beetle in their fantastic nature garden, whilst Rory heads into the woods to meet a beetle expert.
Rory and Sandy head to the beach to look for sea anemones, whilst Chantelle meets a sea anemone expert on a night-time rockpool safari.
Chantelle and some new friends get up extra early to see if they can spot some little owls in the park, whilst Rory meets a bird expert who is tagging more baby owls.
Chantelle meets some schoolchildren, and they look for a devil’s coach horse beetle in their fantastic nature garden, whilst Rory heads into the woods to meet a beetle expert.
Chantelle meets some new friends at the beach and heads to the rock pools to search for prawns, whilst Rory goes to the north of Scotland to meet a local expert at the harbour.
Rory, Sandy and Zoe learn more about wasps, and Chantelle goes to the zoo to meet some of their residents. Later, Rory and Sandy make their own wasp nest out of papier-mache.
Chantelle is on the river with friends looking for water voles, and Rory meets an expert on them in the city. In the Teeny Tiny Task,Chantelle and the children create water vole masks.
Rory and Sandy are in the woods to look for woodpeckers, whilst Chantelle meets a bird expert. Rory and Sandy try their hand at drumming just like a woodpecker.
Chantelle visits an aquarium which is home to some rather special jellyfish, whilst Rory meets a marine expert and they head out to sea on a glass-bottomed boat.
Chantelle visits a school that has a bird box which is currently home to a family of blue tits, whilst Rory meet a young birdwatcher in her garden.
