Wee Critters

Wee Critters Wee Critters is a mobile & professional interactive animal education service which operates in NI!
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Our mission is to bring the wonder of wildlife straight to your classroom, living room or event with the aim of providing a unique, fun, memorable and educational experience which will inspire a lifelong appreciation for wildlife and a commitment to playing an active role in the protection and conservation of animals and the natural environment. We offer school visits (with a range of curriculum-b

ased school topics available), group visits, birthday parties, animal assisted therapy sessions, events and much more!

๐Ÿฆ‰โ„๏ธ ๐—ฆ๐—ข๐— ๐—˜ ๐—›๐—ข๐—ข๐—ง-๐—œ๐—™๐—จ๐—Ÿ ๐—”๐—ก๐—œ๐— ๐—”๐—Ÿ ๐—”๐—ฅ๐—ง ๐Ÿ‚๐Ÿฆ”At this time of year most of our interactive animal education sessions at schools focus ...
18/11/2024

๐Ÿฆ‰โ„๏ธ ๐—ฆ๐—ข๐— ๐—˜ ๐—›๐—ข๐—ข๐—ง-๐—œ๐—™๐—จ๐—Ÿ ๐—”๐—ก๐—œ๐— ๐—”๐—Ÿ ๐—”๐—ฅ๐—ง ๐Ÿ‚๐Ÿฆ”

At this time of year most of our interactive animal education sessions at schools focus on our โ€˜winter is comingโ€™ topic. This curriculum-based topic celebrates this special season, teaching little explorers all about Autumn, how animals are adapted to life in cold climates and the amazing ways that animals survive the season including hibernation and migration!

At one of the schools I visited last week I spotted these amazing displays of the artwork that the classes had been working on and the wee critters and I just had to stop for a quick photograph!

๐˜ฝ๐™Š๐™Š๐™† ๐™๐™Š๐˜ฟ๐˜ผ๐™”
Book your Wee Critters interactive animal education session today and bring learning to life for your class!

๐Ÿ’ปwww.weecritters.org/schools
โ˜Ž๏ธ079 1278 5947
โœ‰๏ธ[email protected]

๐Ÿ’› ๐—œ๐—ป ๐—ฎ ๐˜„๐—ผ๐—ฟ๐—น๐—ฑ ๐˜„๐—ต๐—ฒ๐—ฟ๐—ฒ ๐˜†๐—ผ๐˜‚ ๐—ฐ๐—ฎ๐—ป ๐—ฏ๐—ฒ ๐—ฎ๐—ป๐˜†๐˜๐—ต๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ด, ๐—•๐—˜ ๐—ž๐—œ๐—ก๐——!๐Ÿฆ”It's 'world kindness day' and here at Wee Critters we believe that ther...
13/11/2024

๐Ÿ’› ๐—œ๐—ป ๐—ฎ ๐˜„๐—ผ๐—ฟ๐—น๐—ฑ ๐˜„๐—ต๐—ฒ๐—ฟ๐—ฒ ๐˜†๐—ผ๐˜‚ ๐—ฐ๐—ฎ๐—ป ๐—ฏ๐—ฒ ๐—ฎ๐—ป๐˜†๐˜๐—ต๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ด, ๐—•๐—˜ ๐—ž๐—œ๐—ก๐——!๐Ÿฆ”

It's 'world kindness day' and here at Wee Critters we believe that there are wee ways that we can all change the world no matter how big or small we are!

All of our interactive animal education sessions include our 'wee ways to change the world' which are simple every day things that we can all do to make the world a better place for ourselves and the wildlife we share it with. Our last but most important 'wee way' is to 'BE KIND' to each other and to the animals we share our world with.

๐Ÿ•ท๐Ÿฆ‚๐—ช๐—˜๐—˜ ๐—–๐—ฅ๐—œ๐—ง๐—ง๐—˜๐—ฅ๐—ฆ ๐—›๐—œ๐—ง๐—ง๐—œ๐—ก๐—š ๐—ง๐—›๐—˜ ๐—ฆ๐—–๐—ฅ๐—˜๐—˜๐—ก ๐—”๐—š๐—”๐—œ๐—ก ๐—ช๐—œ๐—ง๐—› ๐—ข๐—จ๐—ฅ ๐— ๐—”๐—ฅ๐—ฉ๐—˜๐—Ÿ๐—Ÿ๐—ข๐—จ๐—ฆ ๐— ๐—œ๐—ก๐—œ๐—•๐—˜๐—”๐—ฆ๐—ง๐—ฆ!๐Ÿชณ๐ŸŒA few months ago we were invited to take part i...
11/11/2024

๐Ÿ•ท๐Ÿฆ‚๐—ช๐—˜๐—˜ ๐—–๐—ฅ๐—œ๐—ง๐—ง๐—˜๐—ฅ๐—ฆ ๐—›๐—œ๐—ง๐—ง๐—œ๐—ก๐—š ๐—ง๐—›๐—˜ ๐—ฆ๐—–๐—ฅ๐—˜๐—˜๐—ก ๐—”๐—š๐—”๐—œ๐—ก ๐—ช๐—œ๐—ง๐—› ๐—ข๐—จ๐—ฅ ๐— ๐—”๐—ฅ๐—ฉ๐—˜๐—Ÿ๐—Ÿ๐—ข๐—จ๐—ฆ ๐— ๐—œ๐—ก๐—œ๐—•๐—˜๐—”๐—ฆ๐—ง๐—ฆ!๐Ÿชณ๐ŸŒ

A few months ago we were invited to take part in a filming project for BBC Teach.

As part of this online educational content, our 'marvellous minibeasts' helped some little explorers discover this fascinating KS1 science topic.

Key aspects of this curriculum topic are covered over three videos including:

๐ŸŒฟWhat is a minibeast?
๐ŸŒฟWhere do minibeasts live?
๐ŸŒฟDo minibeasts have superpowers?

๐™๐™š๐™–๐™˜๐™๐™š๐™ง๐™จ ๐™–๐™ฃ๐™™ ๐™๐™ค๐™ข๐™š ๐™š๐™™๐™ช๐™˜๐™–๐™ฉ๐™ค๐™ง๐™จ ๐™˜๐™–๐™ฃ ๐™ฃ๐™ค๐™ฌ ๐™–๐™˜๐™˜๐™š๐™จ๐™จ ๐™ฉ๐™๐™š๐™จ๐™š ๐™–๐™ข๐™–๐™ฏ๐™ž๐™ฃ๐™œ ๐™๐™๐™€๐™€ ๐™ซ๐™ž๐™™๐™š๐™ค ๐™ง๐™š๐™จ๐™ค๐™ช๐™ง๐™˜๐™š๐™จ ๐™–๐™ฉ ๐™๐™ฉ๐™ฉ๐™ฅ๐™จ://๐™ฌ๐™ฌ๐™ฌ.๐™—๐™—๐™˜.๐™˜๐™ค.๐™ช๐™ /๐™ฉ๐™š๐™–๐™˜๐™/๐™˜๐™ก๐™–๐™จ๐™จ-๐™˜๐™ก๐™ž๐™ฅ๐™จ-๐™ซ๐™ž๐™™๐™š๐™ค/๐™–๐™ง๐™ฉ๐™ž๐™˜๐™ก๐™š๐™จ/๐™ฏ6๐™ ๐™ฉ๐™œ2๐™ฅ

Wee Critters offers a range of curriculum-based topics. To find out more or to book an interactive animal education session:

๐Ÿ’ปwww.weecritters.org
โ˜Ž๏ธ079 1278 5047
โœ‰๏ธ[email protected]

๐ŸŽฅ๐—›๐—”๐—ฉ๐—˜ ๐—ฌ๐—ข๐—จ ๐—–๐—›๐—˜๐—–๐—ž๐—˜๐—— ๐—จ๐—ฆ ๐—ข๐—จ๐—ง ๐—ข๐—ก '๐—•๐—ฅ๐—ข๐—ฆ ๐—œ๐—ก ๐—–๐—ข๐—ก๐—ง๐—ฅ๐—ข๐—Ÿ' ๐—ฌ๐—˜๐—ง?๐ŸIn case you missed the Halloween special, don't forget you can check ...
07/11/2024

๐ŸŽฅ๐—›๐—”๐—ฉ๐—˜ ๐—ฌ๐—ข๐—จ ๐—–๐—›๐—˜๐—–๐—ž๐—˜๐—— ๐—จ๐—ฆ ๐—ข๐—จ๐—ง ๐—ข๐—ก '๐—•๐—ฅ๐—ข๐—ฆ ๐—œ๐—ก ๐—–๐—ข๐—ก๐—ง๐—ฅ๐—ข๐—Ÿ' ๐—ฌ๐—˜๐—ง?๐Ÿ

In case you missed the Halloween special, don't forget you can check it out on the BBC Iplayer...to see the moment that Adam, Callum and Joe met Severus the snake!

I have received some lovely messages from parents and their little explorers who spotted us on the show.

๐Ÿ’•'๐—ข๐—ช๐—Ÿ' ๐—ฌ๐—ข๐—จ ๐—ก๐—˜๐—˜๐—— ๐—œ๐—ฆ ๐—Ÿ๐—ข๐—ฉ๐—˜!๐Ÿฆ‰The Wee Critters and I recently had a 'hoot' when we were invited to attend Mark and Megan's bi...
06/11/2024

๐Ÿ’•'๐—ข๐—ช๐—Ÿ' ๐—ฌ๐—ข๐—จ ๐—ก๐—˜๐—˜๐—— ๐—œ๐—ฆ ๐—Ÿ๐—ข๐—ฉ๐—˜!๐Ÿฆ‰

The Wee Critters and I recently had a 'hoot' when we were invited to attend Mark and Megan's big day!

Following their ceremony we delivered an interactive animal education session for their guests, giving them an opportunity to learn all about the wee critters and to meet some of them up close.

Some of the critters even featured in some of this lovely couple's wedding snaps.

Congratulations again to Mark and Megan and thank you so much for inviting me and the wee critters to be part of such a special time in your lives.

๐Ÿฆ”๐—–๐—˜๐—Ÿ๐—˜๐—•๐—ฅ๐—”๐—ง๐—œ๐—ก๐—š ๐—ง๐—›๐—˜ ๐—ช๐—ข๐—ฅ๐—Ÿ๐—— ๐—”๐—ฅ๐—ข๐—จ๐—ก๐—— ๐—จ๐—ฆ ๐—ช๐—œ๐—ง๐—› ๐—ง๐—›๐—˜ ๐—š๐—œ๐—ฅ๐—Ÿ๐—ฆ' ๐—•๐—ฅ๐—œ๐—š๐—”๐——๐—˜!๐ŸI recently had the pleasure of visiting the 194th St Mary's Pa...
05/11/2024

๐Ÿฆ”๐—–๐—˜๐—Ÿ๐—˜๐—•๐—ฅ๐—”๐—ง๐—œ๐—ก๐—š ๐—ง๐—›๐—˜ ๐—ช๐—ข๐—ฅ๐—Ÿ๐—— ๐—”๐—ฅ๐—ข๐—จ๐—ก๐—— ๐—จ๐—ฆ ๐—ช๐—œ๐—ง๐—› ๐—ง๐—›๐—˜ ๐—š๐—œ๐—ฅ๐—Ÿ๐—ฆ' ๐—•๐—ฅ๐—œ๐—š๐—”๐——๐—˜!๐Ÿ

I recently had the pleasure of visiting the 194th St Mary's Parish Girls' Brigade. We had a fantastic time chatting about the world around us, the animals we share it with and the 'wee ways' that we can all help to make the world a better place.

I have limited evening availability left for the 2024 / 2025 season of visits. If your GB, BB, Scout group, Girl Guiding group or youth group are interested in a visit, get in touch today to secure a date.

๐Ÿ’ปwww.weecritters.org
โ˜Ž๏ธ079 1278 5047
โœ‰๏ธ[email protected]

๐Ÿ–๐—ฆ๐—ข๐—ฃ๐—›๐—œ๐—˜'๐—ฆ ๐—”๐— ๐—”๐—ญ๐—œ๐—ก๐—š ๐—”๐—ก๐—œ๐— ๐—”๐—Ÿ ๐—”๐—ฅ๐—ง๐—ช๐—ข๐—ฅ๐—ž!๐ŸขBack at the start of the summer I was going for a walk on the beach with my family whe...
04/11/2024

๐Ÿ–๐—ฆ๐—ข๐—ฃ๐—›๐—œ๐—˜'๐—ฆ ๐—”๐— ๐—”๐—ญ๐—œ๐—ก๐—š ๐—”๐—ก๐—œ๐— ๐—”๐—Ÿ ๐—”๐—ฅ๐—ง๐—ช๐—ข๐—ฅ๐—ž!๐Ÿข

Back at the start of the summer I was going for a walk on the beach with my family when I discovered that I had accidentally run out of dog poo bags. I approached a lady and her dog to see if they could spare a bag when out of the corner of my eye I saw a little person running towards us at great speed, shouting 'Allan, it's me Sophie'!

Turns out Sophie had met me and the wee critters at her school and recognised me instantly at the beach. After Sophie and her grandparents helped me out that day, they have visited lots of my interactive animal education sessions especially at Carrickfergus Castle.

Last week I was delighted when Sophie presented me with this amazing artwork she had created. I think she captured my likeness perfectly and I am so chuffed with the picture that it is now proudly on display at my computer so that I can admire it while I work!

๐Ÿฆ‰๐Ÿ‘ป๐—ง๐—›๐—”๐—ก๐—ž '๐—•๐—ข๐—ข' ๐—™๐—ข๐—ฅ ๐—–๐—ข๐— ๐—œ๐—ก๐—š ๐—”๐—Ÿ๐—ข๐—ก๐—š!๐ŸŽƒ๐Ÿ•ทThe Wee Critters and I had a fantastic time delivering interactive animal education ses...
01/11/2024

๐Ÿฆ‰๐Ÿ‘ป๐—ง๐—›๐—”๐—ก๐—ž '๐—•๐—ข๐—ข' ๐—™๐—ข๐—ฅ ๐—–๐—ข๐— ๐—œ๐—ก๐—š ๐—”๐—Ÿ๐—ข๐—ก๐—š!๐ŸŽƒ๐Ÿ•ท

The Wee Critters and I had a fantastic time delivering interactive animal education sessions at Carrickfergus Castle and Ballycopeland Windmill this half term!

Thank you so much to all of you who came along and joined in the fun. It was fantastic introducing all of the little explorers to the animals we share our world with and the 'wee ways' we can all make a difference. I have loved seeing some of the feedback and recommendations that have come through since the events.

A massive thanks as well to the staff at the castle and the windmill who, as usual, looked after us all so well!

๐Ÿธ๐—›๐—ข๐—ฃ๐—ฃ๐—ฌ ๐—›๐—”๐—Ÿ๐—Ÿ๐—ข๐—ช๐—˜๐—˜๐—ก ๐—™๐—ฅ๐—ข๐—  ๐—ช๐—˜๐—˜ ๐—–๐—ฅ๐—œ๐—ง๐—ง๐—˜๐—ฅ๐—ฆ!๐ŸŽƒI hope you and all of your little explorers have a toad-ally amazing Halloween.Thank...
31/10/2024

๐Ÿธ๐—›๐—ข๐—ฃ๐—ฃ๐—ฌ ๐—›๐—”๐—Ÿ๐—Ÿ๐—ข๐—ช๐—˜๐—˜๐—ก ๐—™๐—ฅ๐—ข๐—  ๐—ช๐—˜๐—˜ ๐—–๐—ฅ๐—œ๐—ง๐—ง๐—˜๐—ฅ๐—ฆ!๐ŸŽƒ

I hope you and all of your little explorers have a toad-ally amazing Halloween.

Thank you to everyone who came along to Carrickfergus Castle and Ballycopeland Windmill for our interactive animal education sessions over the last few days.

๐ŸŽฅ๐—ฆ๐—˜๐—ฉ๐—˜๐—ฅ๐—จ๐—ฆ ๐—ฆ๐—ก๐—”๐—ž๐—˜....๐—•๐—˜๐—–๐—ข๐— ๐—˜๐—ฆ ๐—ฆ๐—ง๐—”๐—ฅ ๐—ข๐—™ ๐—ง๐—›๐—˜ ๐—ฆ๐—–๐—ฅ๐—˜๐—˜๐—ก!๐ŸI am delighted to finally share the news with you that Severus the snake a...
29/10/2024

๐ŸŽฅ๐—ฆ๐—˜๐—ฉ๐—˜๐—ฅ๐—จ๐—ฆ ๐—ฆ๐—ก๐—”๐—ž๐—˜....๐—•๐—˜๐—–๐—ข๐— ๐—˜๐—ฆ ๐—ฆ๐—ง๐—”๐—ฅ ๐—ข๐—™ ๐—ง๐—›๐—˜ ๐—ฆ๐—–๐—ฅ๐—˜๐—˜๐—ก!๐Ÿ

I am delighted to finally share the news with you that Severus the snake and I have made an appearance on the Halloween episode of ๐˜ฝ๐™๐™Š๐™Ž ๐™„๐™‰ ๐˜พ๐™Š๐™‰๐™๐™๐™Š๐™‡!

We had a fantastic time filming with Adam, Callum, Joe and the whole production team!

You and your little explorers can check out the episode on the BBC Iplayer - just click on 'bros in control' and select 'extras'!

๐Ÿ’•๐——๐—œ๐—— ๐—ฌ๐—ข๐—จ ๐—ž๐—ก๐—ข๐—ช ๐—ง๐—›๐—”๐—ง ๐—ง๐—ข๐——๐—”๐—ฌ ๐—œ๐—ฆ ๐—ฃ๐—Ÿ๐—จ๐—ฆ๐—› ๐—”๐—ก๐—œ๐— ๐—”๐—Ÿ ๐—Ÿ๐—ข๐—ฉ๐—˜๐—ฅ๐—ฆ' ๐——๐—”๐—ฌ?๐ŸงธI'm sure most of you grew up with a favourite childhood stuffed to...
28/10/2024

๐Ÿ’•๐——๐—œ๐—— ๐—ฌ๐—ข๐—จ ๐—ž๐—ก๐—ข๐—ช ๐—ง๐—›๐—”๐—ง ๐—ง๐—ข๐——๐—”๐—ฌ ๐—œ๐—ฆ ๐—ฃ๐—Ÿ๐—จ๐—ฆ๐—› ๐—”๐—ก๐—œ๐— ๐—”๐—Ÿ ๐—Ÿ๐—ข๐—ฉ๐—˜๐—ฅ๐—ฆ' ๐——๐—”๐—ฌ?๐Ÿงธ

I'm sure most of you grew up with a favourite childhood stuffed toy who became your friend, confidant, playmate and who played a major role in countless stories and memories of your childhood...and I'm certain that your little explorers have a special toy that has become an important member of your family.

โ™ป๏ธ๐—”๐˜€ ๐—ฝ๐—ฎ๐—ฟ๐˜ ๐—ผ๐—ณ ๐—ผ๐˜‚๐—ฟ ๐—ฝ๐—ฎ๐—ฟ๐˜๐˜† ๐—ฝ๐—ฎ๐—ฐ๐—ธ๐—ฎ๐—ด๐—ฒ, ๐˜๐—ต๐—ฒ ๐—ฏ๐—ถ๐—ฟ๐˜๐—ต๐—ฑ๐—ฎ๐˜† ๐—ฐ๐—ต๐—ถ๐—น๐—ฑ ๐—ฟ๐—ฒ๐—ฐ๐—ฒ๐—ถ๐˜ƒ๐—ฒ๐˜€ ๐˜๐—ต๐—ฒ๐—ถ๐—ฟ ๐˜ƒ๐—ฒ๐—ฟ๐˜† ๐—ผ๐˜„๐—ป ๐—ฎ๐—ป๐—ถ๐—บ๐—ฎ๐—น ๐—ณ๐—ฟ๐—ถ๐—ฒ๐—ป๐—ฑ...๐—ฎ๐—ป๐—ฑ ๐˜„๐—ต๐—ฎ๐˜'๐˜€ ๐—ฒ๐˜…๐˜๐—ฟ๐—ฎ ๐˜€๐—ฝ๐—ฒ๐—ฐ๐—ถ๐—ฎ๐—น ๐—ฎ๐—ฏ๐—ผ๐˜‚๐˜ ๐˜๐—ต๐—ฒ๐˜€๐—ฒ ๐˜„๐—ฒ๐—ฒ ๐—ฐ๐—ฟ๐—ถ๐˜๐˜๐—ฒ๐—ฟ๐˜€ ๐—ฎ๐—ฟ๐—ฒ ๐˜๐—ต๐—ฎ๐˜ ๐˜๐—ต๐—ฒ๐˜† ๐—ฎ๐—ฟ๐—ฒ ๐—บ๐—ฎ๐—ฑ๐—ฒ ๐—ผ๐—ณ ๐Ÿญ๐Ÿฌ๐Ÿฌ% ๐—ฟ๐—ฒ๐—ฐ๐˜†๐—ฐ๐—น๐—ฒ๐—ฑ ๐—บ๐—ฎ๐˜๐—ฒ๐—ฟ๐—ถ๐—ฎ๐—น๐˜€!โ™ป๏ธ

We always chat about the 'wee ways that we can all change the world' and we love that our little eco-friendly animals have joined so many amazing families across our wee country and will help little explorers make very special memories.

If your little explorer has received one of our soft toys, let us know what they have been named or even share a photo!

โš ๏ธ๐—Ÿ๐—”๐—ฆ๐—ง ๐—–๐—›๐—”๐—ก๐—–๐—˜ ๐—ง๐—ข ๐—š๐—˜๐—ง ๐—ง๐—œ๐—–๐—ž๐—˜๐—ง๐—ฆ!โš ๏ธ๐Ÿฆ‰๐ŸŽƒ๐—›๐—ผ๐—ผ๐˜๐˜€, ๐—ต๐—ผ๐˜„๐—น๐˜€ ๐—ฎ๐—ป๐—ฑ ๐—ต๐—ถ๐˜€๐˜๐—ผ๐—ฟ๐˜†!๐Ÿ‘ป๐Ÿ29 and 30 October 2024This owl-o-ween come along to Carrickf...
28/10/2024

โš ๏ธ๐—Ÿ๐—”๐—ฆ๐—ง ๐—–๐—›๐—”๐—ก๐—–๐—˜ ๐—ง๐—ข ๐—š๐—˜๐—ง ๐—ง๐—œ๐—–๐—ž๐—˜๐—ง๐—ฆ!โš ๏ธ

๐Ÿฆ‰๐ŸŽƒ๐—›๐—ผ๐—ผ๐˜๐˜€, ๐—ต๐—ผ๐˜„๐—น๐˜€ ๐—ฎ๐—ป๐—ฑ ๐—ต๐—ถ๐˜€๐˜๐—ผ๐—ฟ๐˜†!๐Ÿ‘ป๐Ÿ

29 and 30 October 2024

This owl-o-ween come along to Carrickfergus Castle for some hair-raising half term fun with Wee Critters!

Discover the role of animals in some of our superstitions and local myths and legends. You can also learn more about nocturnal animals that cause โ€˜mid-knightโ€™ mayhem!

Meet my owl-mazing friend, some of our slithering snakes, Charlotte the tarantula and other amazing members of our wee critters family!

๐—•๐—ข๐—ข๐—ž ๐—ง๐—ข๐——๐—”๐—ฌ!
Interactive animal education sessions will run at the following times:
โ€ข 11am to 11.45am
โ€ข 12pm to 12.45pm
โ€ข 1pm to 1.45pm
โ€ข 2pm to 2.45pm

Tickets are limited so call Carrickfergus Castle on 028 9335 1273 (Tuesday to Sunday) or email [email protected] to book your space. Normal admission to Carrickfergus Castle applies. Annual passes can also be used to pre-book!

๐Ÿญ๐—›๐—œ๐—–๐—ž๐—ข๐—ฅ๐—ฌ ๐——๐—œ๐—–๐—ž๐—ข๐—ฅ๐—ฌ ๐——๐—ข๐—–๐—ž - ๐—ง๐—›๐—˜ ๐— ๐—ข๐—จ๐—ฆ๐—˜ ๐—ฅ๐—”๐—ก ๐—จ๐—ฃ ๐—ง๐—›๐—˜ ๐—–๐—Ÿ๐—ข๐—–๐—ž...๐Ÿ•ฐto remind you that the clocks have gone back an hour!
27/10/2024

๐Ÿญ๐—›๐—œ๐—–๐—ž๐—ข๐—ฅ๐—ฌ ๐——๐—œ๐—–๐—ž๐—ข๐—ฅ๐—ฌ ๐——๐—ข๐—–๐—ž - ๐—ง๐—›๐—˜ ๐— ๐—ข๐—จ๐—ฆ๐—˜ ๐—ฅ๐—”๐—ก ๐—จ๐—ฃ ๐—ง๐—›๐—˜ ๐—–๐—Ÿ๐—ข๐—–๐—ž...๐Ÿ•ฐ

to remind you that the clocks have gone back an hour!

๐Ÿ’™๐—” ๐—š๐—œ๐—™๐—ง ๐—™๐—ฅ๐—ข๐—  ๐—ง๐—›๐—˜ ๐—š๐—”๐—Ÿ๐—”๐—ฃ๐—”๐—š๐—ข๐—ฆ!๐Ÿ’™As we mentioned earlier, it's 'make a difference day' and we truly believe that we can all m...
26/10/2024

๐Ÿ’™๐—” ๐—š๐—œ๐—™๐—ง ๐—™๐—ฅ๐—ข๐—  ๐—ง๐—›๐—˜ ๐—š๐—”๐—Ÿ๐—”๐—ฃ๐—”๐—š๐—ข๐—ฆ!๐Ÿ’™

As we mentioned earlier, it's 'make a difference day' and we truly believe that we can all make wee changes in this world.

Last year during my visit to Ballymacash Primary School, Miss Colhoun and I had a great chat about her planned travels to the Galรกpagos Islands. The islands are most famous for their large number of incredible endemic animal and plant species that are found nowhere else in the world including:

๐ŸขGalapagos tortoise
๐ŸฆŽMarine iguana
๐ŸฆญGalapagos fur seals and Galapagos sea lions
๐ŸฌDolphins and whales
๐ŸงGalapagos penguins

a variety of sea birds including the albatross... and my personal favourite, the blue-footed b***y!

I told Miss Colhoun that I had always dreamed of visiting these amazing islands and especially seeing blue-footed bo***es and when I returned to Ballymacash Primary School earlier this month I was excited to hear all about Miss Colhoun's adventures over the summer.

You can imagine my surprise when Miss Colhoun gave me my very own blue-footed b***y friend that she had brought back from her travels. My new 'wee critter' now lives in my car and every day that I am travelling to my sessions he brings a smile to my face.

It's amazing how acts of kindness can mean so much and bring so much joy!

26/10/2024

๐ŸŒ๐ŸŒ๐—œ๐˜'๐˜€ '๐—บ๐—ฎ๐—ธ๐—ฒ ๐—ฎ ๐—ฑ๐—ถ๐—ณ๐—ณ๐—ฒ๐—ฟ๐—ฒ๐—ป๐—ฐ๐—ฒ ๐—ฑ๐—ฎ๐˜†' ๐—ฎ๐—ป๐—ฑ ๐˜๐—ต๐—ฒ๐—ฟ๐—ฒ ๐—ฎ๐—ฟ๐—ฒ ๐—ช๐—˜๐—˜ ๐—ช๐—”๐—ฌ๐—ฆ ๐˜๐—ต๐—ฎ๐˜ ๐˜„๐—ฒ ๐—ฐ๐—ฎ๐—ป ๐—ฎ๐—น๐—น ๐—ฐ๐—ต๐—ฎ๐—ป๐—ด๐—ฒ ๐˜๐—ต๐—ฒ ๐˜„๐—ผ๐—ฟ๐—น๐—ฑ!๐Ÿฆœ๐ŸŒŽ

Here at Wee Critters we believe that there are wee ways that we can all change the world no matter how big or small we are!

All of our interactive animal education sessions include our 'wee ways to change the world' which are simple every day things that we can all do to make the world a better place for ourselves and the wildlife we share it with.

The 'wee ways to change the world' include:

๐Ÿ’กSwitch off
โ™ป๏ธReduce, reuse, recycle
๐Ÿ›’Shop smarter
๐Ÿฆ”Love your locals
๐Ÿ’งJoin the refillution
๐ŸฆงBecome a wildlife warrior
๐ŸŒณBecome a habitat hero
๐ŸŒปRewild yourself
๐Ÿ“ฃLetโ€™s fundraise for wildlife
๐Ÿ’•Be kind

We have even developed our 'wee ways' into a series of educational videos and extended learning activity booklets with worksheets, crafts, discussion points and fun classroom ideas!

If your school would be interested in these resources, get in touch today!

๐ŸŒ๐Ÿ‘ป๐—œ ๐—›๐—ข๐—ฃ๐—˜ ๐—ฌ๐—ข๐—จ๐—ฅ ๐—›๐—”๐—Ÿ๐—Ÿ๐—ข๐—ช๐—˜๐—˜๐—ก ๐—›๐—ข๐—Ÿ๐—œ๐——๐—”๐—ฌ๐—ฆ ๐—”๐—ฅ๐—˜ ๐—–๐—ฅ๐—˜๐—˜๐—ฃ๐—ฌ-๐—–๐—ฅ๐—”๐—ช๐—Ÿ๐—œ๐—ก๐—š ๐—ช๐—œ๐—ง๐—› ๐—™๐—จ๐—ก!๐ŸŽƒ๐Ÿ•ทI recently had the pleasure of visiting Islandmagee Came...
25/10/2024

๐ŸŒ๐Ÿ‘ป๐—œ ๐—›๐—ข๐—ฃ๐—˜ ๐—ฌ๐—ข๐—จ๐—ฅ ๐—›๐—”๐—Ÿ๐—Ÿ๐—ข๐—ช๐—˜๐—˜๐—ก ๐—›๐—ข๐—Ÿ๐—œ๐——๐—”๐—ฌ๐—ฆ ๐—”๐—ฅ๐—˜ ๐—–๐—ฅ๐—˜๐—˜๐—ฃ๐—ฌ-๐—–๐—ฅ๐—”๐—ช๐—Ÿ๐—œ๐—ก๐—š ๐—ช๐—œ๐—ง๐—› ๐—™๐—จ๐—ก!๐ŸŽƒ๐Ÿ•ท

I recently had the pleasure of visiting Islandmagee Camera & Digital Imaging Club to chat to them about the Wee Critters and to help them capture some amazing snaps of some members of my animal family.

Just check out the fearsome photos they got of some of our 'marvellous minibeasts' including Stampy the giant African millipede, Thor the thorny cricket, Wendell the whip scorpion and Charlotte the Chile rose tarantula.

Thanks to the club for making me so welcome, being so respectful to the wee critters throughout and for sharing the amazing images.

A massive thank you also goes to everyone who has welcomed me to their schools and clubs since September. I hope that you all have a fantastic half-term break!

We are really looking forward to seeing everyone at our half term events next week.  Our sessions at Ballycopeland Windm...
25/10/2024

We are really looking forward to seeing everyone at our half term events next week. Our sessions at Ballycopeland Windmill are now fully booked but there are tickets still available for some of the interactive animal education sessions at Carrickfergus Castle!

๐Ÿฐ ๐—–๐—ฅ๐—œ๐—ง๐—ง๐—˜๐—ฅ๐—ฆ ๐—”๐—ง ๐—–๐—”๐—ฅ๐—ฅ๐—œ๐—–๐—ž๐—™๐—˜๐—ฅ๐—š๐—จ๐—ฆ ๐—–๐—”๐—ฆ๐—ง๐—Ÿ๐—˜!๐Ÿฐ

๐Ÿฆ‰๐ŸŽƒ๐—›๐—ผ๐—ผ๐˜๐˜€, ๐—ต๐—ผ๐˜„๐—น๐˜€ ๐—ฎ๐—ป๐—ฑ ๐—ต๐—ถ๐˜€๐˜๐—ผ๐—ฟ๐˜†!๐Ÿ‘ป๐Ÿ

29 and 30 October 2024

This owl-o-ween come along to Carrickfergus Castle for some hair-raising half term fun with Wee Critters!

Discover the role of animals in some of our superstitions and local myths and legends. You can also learn more about nocturnal animals that cause โ€˜mid-knightโ€™ mayhem!

Meet my owl-mazing friend, some of our slithering snakes, Charlotte the tarantula and other amazing members of our wee critters family!

๐—•๐—ข๐—ข๐—ž ๐—ง๐—ข๐——๐—”๐—ฌ!
Interactive animal education sessions will run at the following times:

โ€ข 11am to 11.45am
โ€ข 12pm to 12.45pm
โ€ข 1pm to 1.45pm
โ€ข 2pm to 2.45pm

Tickets are limited so call Carrickfergus Castle on 028 9335 1273 (Tuesday to Sunday) or email [email protected] to book your space. Normal admission to Carrickfergus Castle applies. Annual passes can also be used to pre-book!

24/10/2024

๐ŸŒฟ๐Ÿ“บ๐—™๐—œ๐—ก๐—— ๐—จ๐—ฆ ๐—ข๐—ก ๐—ง๐—›๐—˜ ๐—–๐Ÿฎ๐—ž ๐—ก๐—˜๐—ช๐—ฆ๐——๐—˜๐—ฆ๐—ž!๐Ÿ“บ๐ŸŒฟ

๐—–๐—ฎ๐—น๐—น๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ด ๐—ฎ๐—น๐—น ๐˜๐—ฒ๐—ฎ๐—ฐ๐—ต๐—ฒ๐—ฟ๐˜€...

๐——๐—ถ๐—ฑ ๐˜†๐—ผ๐˜‚ ๐—ธ๐—ป๐—ผ๐˜„ ๐˜๐—ต๐—ฎ๐˜ ๐˜„๐—ฒ ๐—ต๐—ฎ๐˜ƒ๐—ฒ ๐—ฎ ๐—ฟ๐—ฎ๐—ป๐—ด๐—ฒ ๐—ผ๐—ณ ๐—ฒ๐—ฑ๐˜‚๐—ฐ๐—ฎ๐˜๐—ถ๐—ผ๐—ป๐—ฎ๐—น ๐—ฟ๐—ฒ๐˜€๐—ผ๐˜‚๐—ฟ๐—ฐ๐—ฒ๐˜€ ๐—ฎ๐˜ƒ๐—ฎ๐—ถ๐—น๐—ฎ๐—ฏ๐—น๐—ฒ ๐—ผ๐—ป ๐˜๐—ต๐—ฒ ๐—–๐Ÿฎ๐—ž ๐—ป๐—ฒ๐˜„๐˜€๐—ฑ๐—ฒ๐˜€๐—ธ? ๐—ฌ๐—ผ๐˜‚๐—ฟ ๐—ฐ๐—น๐—ฎ๐˜€๐˜€ ๐—ฐ๐—ฎ๐—ป ๐—ฒ๐—ป๐—ท๐—ผ๐˜† ๐—ฎ ๐—ฟ๐—ฎ๐—ป๐—ด๐—ฒ ๐—ผ๐—ณ ๐˜ƒ๐—ถ๐—ฑ๐—ฒ๐—ผ ๐—น๐—ฒ๐—ฎ๐—ฟ๐—ป๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ด ๐—ฟ๐—ฒ๐˜€๐—ผ๐˜‚๐—ฟ๐—ฐ๐—ฒ๐˜€ ๐—ฎ๐—ป๐—ฑ ๐—ฎ๐—ฐ๐—ฐ๐—ผ๐—บ๐—ฝ๐—ฎ๐—ป๐˜†๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ด ๐˜„๐—ผ๐—ฟ๐—ธ๐˜€๐—ต๐—ฒ๐—ฒ๐˜๐˜€, ๐—ฐ๐—ฟ๐—ฎ๐—ณ๐˜๐˜€ ๐—ฎ๐—ป๐—ฑ ๐—ฎ๐—ฐ๐˜๐—ถ๐˜ƒ๐—ถ๐˜๐—ถ๐—ฒ๐˜€!

Topics include:
๐Ÿฆœthe rainforest
๐Ÿฆจanimals in cold lands
๐Ÿฆ”hibernation
๐ŸŒwee ways to change the world
and more!

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All about wee Critters

Wee Critters is a fully mobile and professional interactive animal education service which operates throughout Northern Ireland.

Join Allan the Explorer as he takes you on a wild adventure and introduces you to his amazing animal friends along the way.

Our mission is to bring the wonder of wildlife straight to your classroom, birthday party or event with the aim of providing a unique, fun, memorable and educational experience which will inspire a lifelong appreciation for wildlife and a commitment to playing an active role in the protection and conservation of animals and the natural environment.

A WILD time awaits you with Wee Critters!