Across
- 3. One of the UK’s favourite little birds flies all the way to South Africa for the winter! Do you know which bird it is?
- 5. What do we call the shiny brown seed from a horse chestnut tree?
- 6. What’s the name of the green pigment that give leaves their colour in spring/summer??
- 8. What do we call trees that keep their leaves all year round, even in autumn?
Down
- 1. Only three types of wild mammals in the UK hibernate for the whole winter! One is the dormouse, another is the bat. Can you name the third?
- 2. At Westonbirt, we have trees that turn bright red in autumn, like our maple trees. Can you guess which country they originally come from?
- 4. Some people travel just to see the amazing colours of autumn leaves. What is this fun activity called?
- 7. Most conifer trees keep their needles in winter, but there’s one that changes colour and drops them in autumn. It turns golden yellow! What tree is it?