Watch your step!

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Play it Safe

These sandy coloured lil’ guys are very hard to see. O

ystercatchers use their strong beaks to break

open shells and eat the soft

insides.

Laid straight onto the sand, eggs are easily stepped on or baked in the sun.

Birds love relax-ing in the safety

and shade of shelters during

the hot summer.

If you see a bird pretending it’s hurt, there may be eggs or chicks around; so look out.

Pla

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and

look

for

foot

prin

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the

best

sign

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!

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To avoid step-ping on eggs or

chicks stay off the upper beach

and dunes in summer.

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ercatch

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Hooded

Plover

Red-capped

Plover

Sooty

Oystercatcher

How to make your Beach-nesting Birds �ick-�ack

1. Cut along the dotted lines.

2. Turn it over, fold along both diagonals and unfold.

4. Fold the corners

to the middle.

5. Turn it over and fold the new corners to the middle.

6. Fold in half.

7. Open out and fold the other way.

8.

to choose an bird;count out the number shownto pick a word; spell it outto pick another word;

stay safe.

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