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!

I absolutely love my visits to Playhouse Activity Centre and I always get really excited to see the fun and imaginative ...
13/10/2025

I absolutely love my visits to Playhouse Activity Centre and I always get really excited to see the fun and imaginative ways that they extend the learning from the session in the days following the visit!

๐ŸŒฟ๐—œ๐—ง'๐—ฆ ๐—œ๐—ก๐—ง๐—˜๐—ฅ๐—ก๐—”๐—ง๐—œ๐—ข๐—ก๐—”๐—Ÿ ๐—ฅ๐—˜๐—— ๐—ฃ๐—”๐—ก๐——๐—” ๐——๐—”๐—ฌ!๐ŸŒฟDid you know that we are officially  'red panda guardians' through the Red Panda Netw...
20/09/2025

๐ŸŒฟ๐—œ๐—ง'๐—ฆ ๐—œ๐—ก๐—ง๐—˜๐—ฅ๐—ก๐—”๐—ง๐—œ๐—ข๐—ก๐—”๐—Ÿ ๐—ฅ๐—˜๐—— ๐—ฃ๐—”๐—ก๐——๐—” ๐——๐—”๐—ฌ!๐ŸŒฟ

Did you know that we are officially 'red panda guardians' through the Red Panda Network? We donate monthly to help secure a sustainable future for red pandas and the people and wildlife who share their home.

A lot of my professional career over the last 20 years has focused on small carnivore conservation and the red panda is a species close to my heart and one which I was lucky to work with for quite a number of years. Unfortunately the global population of this species has declined by 50% over the last 20 years and there may be as few as 2,500 left in the wild.

Here at Wee Critters we firmly believe that developing an appreciation of wildlife in our children is a fundamental element in safeguarding the safety and future of our wildlife and environment. 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 also believe that we can all do ''wee things' to change the world and make big changes (no matter how big or small we may be). If you too would like to support red pandas, find out more at www.redpandanetwork.org!

๐Ÿ› ๐—ฆ๐—ฃ๐—Ÿ๐—œ๐—ฆ๐—› ๐—ฆ๐—ฃ๐—Ÿ๐—”๐—ฆ๐—› ๐—”๐—ฅ๐—ง๐—›๐—จ๐—ฅ'๐—ฆ ๐—ง๐—”๐—ž๐—œ๐—ก๐—š ๐—” ๐—•๐—”๐—ง๐—›!๐Ÿ’ฆEvery day's a busy day here at Wee Critters HQ!  Our armadillos loves to dig and...
04/09/2025

๐Ÿ› ๐—ฆ๐—ฃ๐—Ÿ๐—œ๐—ฆ๐—› ๐—ฆ๐—ฃ๐—Ÿ๐—”๐—ฆ๐—› ๐—”๐—ฅ๐—ง๐—›๐—จ๐—ฅ'๐—ฆ ๐—ง๐—”๐—ž๐—œ๐—ก๐—š ๐—” ๐—•๐—”๐—ง๐—›!๐Ÿ’ฆ

Every day's a busy day here at Wee Critters HQ!

Our armadillos loves to dig and burrow but this means that they often get pretty grubby. A few days ago I spent the morning giving my armadillo friends a wee bath and moisturising their amazing skin.

Arthur is the most chilled out armadillo you could ever meet...absolutely nothing phases him but he isn't a massive fan of getting cleaned up which resulted in him stealing my sponge much to his delight.

Following their baths, each armadillo was weighed. Armadillos are covered in 'plated armour' which helps to protect them from predators but this can also make it difficult to notice any significant changes to their weight.

The health and care of our Wee Critters is my number one priority and once a month I record the weight of each armadillo to track their health, any changes and diet!

03/09/2025

๐Ÿฆ”๐Ÿฆ‰๐ŸŒ๐—–๐—”๐—Ÿ๐—Ÿ๐—œ๐—ก๐—š ๐—”๐—Ÿ๐—Ÿ ๐—ง๐—˜๐—”๐—–๐—›๐—˜๐—ฅ๐—ฆ! ๐Ÿ๐Ÿฆจ๐Ÿข

I hope that everyone is getting settled into the new school year! Our dates are booking up fast so get in touch for more information and to book a Wee Critters interactive animal education session for your class(es)!

๐˜ผ๐™ง๐™š ๐™ฎ๐™ค๐™ช ๐™ก๐™ค๐™ค๐™ ๐™ž๐™ฃ๐™œ ๐™›๐™ค๐™ง ๐™จ๐™ค๐™ข๐™š๐™ฉ๐™๐™ž๐™ฃ๐™œ ๐™›๐™ช๐™ฃ ๐™–๐™ฃ๐™™ ๐™š๐™™๐™ช๐™˜๐™–๐™ฉ๐™ž๐™ค๐™ฃ๐™–๐™ก ๐™›๐™ค๐™ง ๐™ฎ๐™ค๐™ช๐™ง ๐™˜๐™ก๐™–๐™จ๐™จ ๐™ฉ๐™๐™ž๐™จ ๐™ฎ๐™š๐™–๐™ง?
Allan the explorer and his family of Wee Critters will take your class on an interactive and educational adventure to learn all about the wildlife that we share our world with!

๐Ÿ’›๐˜–๐˜ถ๐˜ณ ๐˜ฎ๐˜ช๐˜ด๐˜ด๐˜ช๐˜ฐ๐˜ฏ ๐˜ช๐˜ด ๐˜ต๐˜ฐ ๐˜ฃ๐˜ณ๐˜ช๐˜ฏ๐˜จ ๐˜ต๐˜ฉ๐˜ฆ ๐˜ธ๐˜ฐ๐˜ฏ๐˜ฅ๐˜ฆ๐˜ณ ๐˜ฐ๐˜ง ๐˜ธ๐˜ช๐˜ญ๐˜ฅ๐˜ญ๐˜ช๐˜ง๐˜ฆ ๐˜ด๐˜ต๐˜ณ๐˜ข๐˜ช๐˜จ๐˜ฉ๐˜ต ๐˜ต๐˜ฐ ๐˜บ๐˜ฐ๐˜ถ๐˜ณ ๐˜ด๐˜ค๐˜ฉ๐˜ฐ๐˜ฐ๐˜ญ ๐˜ธ๐˜ช๐˜ต๐˜ฉ ๐˜ต๐˜ฉ๐˜ฆ ๐˜ข๐˜ช๐˜ฎ ๐˜ฐ๐˜ง ๐˜ฑ๐˜ณ๐˜ฐ๐˜ท๐˜ช๐˜ฅ๐˜ช๐˜ฏ๐˜จ ๐˜ข ๐˜ถ๐˜ฏ๐˜ช๐˜ฒ๐˜ถ๐˜ฆ, ๐˜ง๐˜ถ๐˜ฏ, ๐˜ฎ๐˜ฆ๐˜ฎ๐˜ฐ๐˜ณ๐˜ข๐˜ฃ๐˜ญ๐˜ฆ ๐˜ข๐˜ฏ๐˜ฅ ๐˜ฆ๐˜ฅ๐˜ถ๐˜ค๐˜ข๐˜ต๐˜ช๐˜ฐ๐˜ฏ๐˜ข๐˜ญ ๐˜ฆ๐˜น๐˜ฑ๐˜ฆ๐˜ณ๐˜ช๐˜ฆ๐˜ฏ๐˜ค๐˜ฆ ๐˜ธ๐˜ฉ๐˜ช๐˜ค๐˜ฉ ๐˜ธ๐˜ช๐˜ญ๐˜ญ ๐˜ช๐˜ฏ๐˜ด๐˜ฑ๐˜ช๐˜ณ๐˜ฆ ๐˜ข ๐˜ญ๐˜ช๐˜ง๐˜ฆ๐˜ญ๐˜ฐ๐˜ฏ๐˜จ ๐˜ข๐˜ฑ๐˜ฑ๐˜ณ๐˜ฆ๐˜ค๐˜ช๐˜ข๐˜ต๐˜ช๐˜ฐ๐˜ฏ ๐˜ง๐˜ฐ๐˜ณ ๐˜ธ๐˜ช๐˜ญ๐˜ฅ๐˜ญ๐˜ช๐˜ง๐˜ฆ ๐˜ข๐˜ฏ๐˜ฅ ๐˜ข ๐˜ค๐˜ฐ๐˜ฎ๐˜ฎ๐˜ช๐˜ต๐˜ฎ๐˜ฆ๐˜ฏ๐˜ต ๐˜ต๐˜ฐ ๐˜ฑ๐˜ญ๐˜ข๐˜บ๐˜ช๐˜ฏ๐˜จ ๐˜ข๐˜ฏ ๐˜ข๐˜ค๐˜ต๐˜ช๐˜ท๐˜ฆ ๐˜ณ๐˜ฐ๐˜ญ๐˜ฆ ๐˜ช๐˜ฏ ๐˜ต๐˜ฉ๐˜ฆ ๐˜ฑ๐˜ณ๐˜ฐ๐˜ต๐˜ฆ๐˜ค๐˜ต๐˜ช๐˜ฐ๐˜ฏ ๐˜ข๐˜ฏ๐˜ฅ ๐˜ค๐˜ฐ๐˜ฏ๐˜ด๐˜ฆ๐˜ณ๐˜ท๐˜ข๐˜ต๐˜ช๐˜ฐ๐˜ฏ ๐˜ฐ๐˜ง ๐˜ข๐˜ฏ๐˜ช๐˜ฎ๐˜ข๐˜ญ๐˜ด ๐˜ข๐˜ฏ๐˜ฅ ๐˜ต๐˜ฉ๐˜ฆ ๐˜ฏ๐˜ข๐˜ต๐˜ถ๐˜ณ๐˜ข๐˜ญ ๐˜ฆ๐˜ฏ๐˜ท๐˜ช๐˜ณ๐˜ฐ๐˜ฏ๐˜ฎ๐˜ฆ๐˜ฏ๐˜ต.๐Ÿ’›

๐—–๐—จ๐—ฅ๐—ฅ๐—œ๐—–๐—จ๐—Ÿ๐—จ๐— -๐—•๐—”๐—ฆ๐—˜๐—— ๐—ง๐—ข๐—ฃ๐—œ๐—–๐—ฆ
We offer a range of curriculum-based topics which can be adapted to the relevant age group including pre-school, foundation, key stages 1 to 4 and further education settings.

Topics include:

๐ŸŒŽthe world around us
๐Ÿฆœjungle VIPs (๐˜ณ๐˜ข๐˜ช๐˜ฏ๐˜ง๐˜ฐ๐˜ณ๐˜ฆ๐˜ด๐˜ต๐˜ด)
๐Ÿ•ทmarvellous minibeasts
๐Ÿฆจwe are family (๐˜ข๐˜ฏ๐˜ช๐˜ฎ๐˜ข๐˜ญ ๐˜ค๐˜ญ๐˜ข๐˜ด๐˜ด๐˜ช๐˜ง๐˜ช๐˜ค๐˜ข๐˜ต๐˜ช๐˜ฐ๐˜ฏ)
๐ŸŒ™midnight mayhem (๐˜ฏ๐˜ฐ๐˜ค๐˜ต๐˜ถ๐˜ณ๐˜ฏ๐˜ข๐˜ญ ๐˜ข๐˜ฏ๐˜ช๐˜ฎ๐˜ข๐˜ญ๐˜ด)
๐Ÿฆ”shake, rattle and roll (๐˜ข๐˜ฅ๐˜ข๐˜ฑ๐˜ต๐˜ข๐˜ต๐˜ช๐˜ฐ๐˜ฏ๐˜ด ๐˜ต๐˜ฐ ๐˜ข๐˜ท๐˜ฐ๐˜ช๐˜ฅ ๐˜ฑ๐˜ณ๐˜ฆ๐˜ฅ๐˜ข๐˜ต๐˜ช๐˜ฐ๐˜ฏ)
๐Ÿธcircle of life (๐˜ข๐˜ฏ๐˜ช๐˜ฎ๐˜ข๐˜ญ ๐˜ญ๐˜ช๐˜ง๐˜ฆ๐˜ค๐˜บ๐˜ค๐˜ญ๐˜ฆ๐˜ด)
๐ŸŒฟhome sweet home (๐˜ข๐˜ฏ๐˜ช๐˜ฎ๐˜ข๐˜ญ ๐˜ฉ๐˜ข๐˜ฃ๐˜ช๐˜ต๐˜ข๐˜ต๐˜ด)
โ„๏ธwinter is coming (๐˜ค๐˜ญ๐˜ช๐˜ฎ๐˜ข๐˜ต๐˜ฆ๐˜ด, ๐˜ด๐˜ฆ๐˜ข๐˜ด๐˜ฐ๐˜ฏ๐˜ด, ๐˜ฉ๐˜ช๐˜ฃ๐˜ฆ๐˜ณ๐˜ฏ๐˜ข๐˜ต๐˜ช๐˜ฐ๐˜ฏ ๐˜ข๐˜ฏ๐˜ฅ ๐˜ฎ๐˜ช๐˜จ๐˜ณ๐˜ข๐˜ต๐˜ช๐˜ฐ๐˜ฏ)
๐Ÿดwhat's on the menu? (๐˜ข๐˜ฏ๐˜ช๐˜ฎ๐˜ข๐˜ญ ๐˜ฅ๐˜ช๐˜ฆ๐˜ต๐˜ด ๐˜ข๐˜ฏ๐˜ฅ ๐˜ง๐˜ฐ๐˜ฐ๐˜ฅ ๐˜ค๐˜ฉ๐˜ข๐˜ช๐˜ฏ๐˜ด)
๐Ÿฆ‰love your locals (๐˜ฏ๐˜ข๐˜ต๐˜ช๐˜ท๐˜ฆ ๐˜ด๐˜ฑ๐˜ฆ๐˜ค๐˜ช๐˜ฆ๐˜ด)
๐ŸI like to move it (๐˜ข๐˜ฏ๐˜ช๐˜ฎ๐˜ข๐˜ญ ๐˜ญ๐˜ฐ๐˜ค๐˜ฐ๐˜ฎ๐˜ฐ๐˜ต๐˜ช๐˜ฐ๐˜ฏ)
โ˜€๏ธsome like it hot (๐˜ฉ๐˜ฐ๐˜ต ๐˜ข๐˜ฏ๐˜ฅ ๐˜ค๐˜ฐ๐˜ญ๐˜ฅ ๐˜ค๐˜ญ๐˜ช๐˜ฎ๐˜ข๐˜ต๐˜ฆ๐˜ด)
โš ๏ธedge of extinction (๐˜ฆ๐˜ฏ๐˜ฅ๐˜ข๐˜ฏ๐˜จ๐˜ฆ๐˜ณ๐˜ฆ๐˜ฅ ๐˜ข๐˜ฏ๐˜ช๐˜ฎ๐˜ข๐˜ญ๐˜ด)
๐ŸŒ......and many more!

We also provide sessions for SEN and nurture groups.

๐——๐—ข๐—ช๐—ก๐—Ÿ๐—ข๐—”๐—— ๐—” ๐—ฆ๐—–๐—›๐—ข๐—ข๐—Ÿ ๐—•๐—ข๐—ข๐—ž๐—Ÿ๐—˜๐—ง
Visit www.weecritters.org/schools to download our 2025/2026 school brochure and find out more.

๐—ช๐—ข๐—ฅ๐—ž๐—œ๐—ก๐—š ๐—ง๐—ข๐—š๐—˜๐—ง๐—›๐—˜๐—ฅ ๐—™๐—ข๐—ฅ ๐—ช๐—œ๐—Ÿ๐——๐—Ÿ๐—œ๐—™๐—˜
We work closely with a number of like-minded organisations and have professional membership of institutions including:
๐ŸŒฟEco Schools Northern Ireland
๐ŸŒฟInternational Zoo Educators Association
๐ŸŒฟEducation for Sustainable Development Forum
๐ŸŒฟAutism NI Impact Award - Education Champion
๐ŸŒฟWee Critters is also fully licensed by DAERA

๐—•๐—ข๐—ข๐—ž ๐—ง๐—ข๐——๐—”๐—ฌ
Our dates for the school term are booking up quickly so get in touch today to secure a visit!

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

๐Ÿ’›๐—œ๐—ง'๐—ฆ ๐—ช๐—ข๐—ฅ๐—Ÿ๐—— ๐—ฆ๐—˜๐—ก๐—œ๐—ข๐—ฅ ๐—–๐—œ๐—ง๐—œ๐—ญ๐—˜๐—ก'๐—ฆ ๐——๐—”๐—ฌ!๐Ÿ’›One of the best things about delivering our interactive animal education sessions is m...
21/08/2025

๐Ÿ’›๐—œ๐—ง'๐—ฆ ๐—ช๐—ข๐—ฅ๐—Ÿ๐—— ๐—ฆ๐—˜๐—ก๐—œ๐—ข๐—ฅ ๐—–๐—œ๐—ง๐—œ๐—ญ๐—˜๐—ก'๐—ฆ ๐——๐—”๐—ฌ!๐Ÿ’›

One of the best things about delivering our interactive animal education sessions is meeting so many amazing people in our own communities.

I meet 'explorers' from the age of 3 to 103 and it's always fantastic to see how wildlife can bring us all together and can bring smiles to young and young at heart!

If you would be interested in a Wee Critters visit to your group, club, association, day centre, care home, assisted living facility or residential home just get in touch for more information.

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

๐Ÿข๐ŸŽˆ๐—” ๐—ง๐—ข๐—ฅ๐—ง-๐—”๐—Ÿ๐—Ÿ๐—ฌ ๐—ฆ๐—ฃ๐—˜๐—–๐—œ๐—”๐—Ÿ ๐——๐—”๐—ฌ ๐˜๐—ผ ๐—ฆ๐—›๐—˜๐—Ÿ๐—Ÿ-๐—˜๐—•๐—ฅ๐—”๐—ง๐—˜ ๐—ง๐—˜๐—ก ๐—ฌ๐—˜๐—”๐—ฅ๐—ฆ ๐—ข๐—™ ๐—ง๐—ข๐—ฅ๐—ง๐—œ๐—˜! ๐ŸŽˆ๐ŸขToday is a very special day as 10 years ago we welcomed...
20/08/2025

๐Ÿข๐ŸŽˆ๐—” ๐—ง๐—ข๐—ฅ๐—ง-๐—”๐—Ÿ๐—Ÿ๐—ฌ ๐—ฆ๐—ฃ๐—˜๐—–๐—œ๐—”๐—Ÿ ๐——๐—”๐—ฌ ๐˜๐—ผ ๐—ฆ๐—›๐—˜๐—Ÿ๐—Ÿ-๐—˜๐—•๐—ฅ๐—”๐—ง๐—˜ ๐—ง๐—˜๐—ก ๐—ฌ๐—˜๐—”๐—ฅ๐—ฆ ๐—ข๐—™ ๐—ง๐—ข๐—ฅ๐—ง๐—œ๐—˜! ๐ŸŽˆ๐Ÿข

Today is a very special day as 10 years ago we welcomed Tortie to our family (before we even started visiting you all as Wee Critters)!

Tortie is a sulcata tortoise, which is the third largest species of tortoise in the world! When she first arrived Tortie could fit in the palm of my hand but she is now around 18 inches in length!

Sulcata tortoises are also known as African spurred tortoises due to the sharp protrusions on their legs.

Tortie is the โ€˜tortleโ€™ package but she has her own very distinct personality which is usually a wee tiny bit grumpy unless you come bearing treats especially red peppers or strawberries. It's her way or no way and we respect her for it!

Tortie may only be ten years old now but she can live for between 70 to 100 years!

A number of our Wee Critters have joined us as they were unwanted pets or uncared for including Tortie's friends, Theo and Esio Trot. In fact, we are approached several times a week about rehoming unwanted animals. Unfortunately, we canโ€™t give them all a home but we are lucky to share our lives with these tortally amazing wee friends.

๐Ÿข๐Ÿ› ๐—ง๐—จ๐—• -๐—ง๐—œ๐— ๐—˜ ๐—™๐—ข๐—ฅ ๐—ง๐—›๐—˜ ๐—ง๐—ข๐—ฅ๐—ง๐—ข๐—œ๐—ฆ๐—˜๐—ฆ! ๐Ÿข๐Ÿ› Our tortoises (Tortie, Esio Trot, Beetroot and Theo) have been loving the recent warm...
16/08/2025

๐Ÿข๐Ÿ› ๐—ง๐—จ๐—• -๐—ง๐—œ๐— ๐—˜ ๐—™๐—ข๐—ฅ ๐—ง๐—›๐—˜ ๐—ง๐—ข๐—ฅ๐—ง๐—ข๐—œ๐—ฆ๐—˜๐—ฆ! ๐Ÿข๐Ÿ›

Our tortoises (Tortie, Esio Trot, Beetroot and Theo) have been loving the recent warm weather and today I decided to bath the gang so that they could enjoy the sunshine and a quick dip.

While tortoises are land-dwelling reptiles (unlike turtles that live the majority of their life in water) there are lots of benefits to regular bathing. Bath time gives them the chance to cool down, rehydrate and it is also important that their shells regularly get a good wash to remove dirt, debris and dead cells which helps their shells to grow strong and beautiful.

Tortie is a massive fan of bath time and (despite their reputation for being slow) she speeds over to the tub when she sees it come out. She loves to soak and relax but Esio Trot simply canโ€™t be bothered staying still for that long and, without doubt, as soon as her bath is finished she usually heads off to get herself dirty all over again.

๐ŸฆŽ๐ŸŒ ๐—œ๐—ง'๐—ฆ ๐—ช๐—ข๐—ฅ๐—Ÿ๐—— ๐—Ÿ๐—œ๐—ญ๐—”๐—ฅ๐—— ๐——๐—”๐—ฌ!๐ŸŒ๐ŸฆŽLizards are reptiles and are found on all continents except for Antarctica.  With more than 7...
14/08/2025

๐ŸฆŽ๐ŸŒ ๐—œ๐—ง'๐—ฆ ๐—ช๐—ข๐—ฅ๐—Ÿ๐—— ๐—Ÿ๐—œ๐—ญ๐—”๐—ฅ๐—— ๐——๐—”๐—ฌ!๐ŸŒ๐ŸฆŽ

Lizards are reptiles and are found on all continents except for Antarctica. With more than 7000 species, they live in many habitats on Earth from wildlife rich rainforests to arid deserts and they vastly range in size from the smallest nano-chameleon (measuring only 2cm) to the majestic Komodo dragon (measuring 3 metres)!

AND they have some of the most amazing (and unusual) adaptations from the thorny devil's ability to shoot blood from its eyes to the chameleon's ability to move its eyes independently giving it 360 degree vision or the green basilisk lizard that can run on water!

However, many species are facing increasing threats from habitat loss, pollution, hunting and much more.

Here at Wee Critters we are home to a number of amazing lizards and our cold-blooded crew will certainly warm your heart. They help us to deliver a range important messages and topics during our interactive animal education sessions including rainforests, animals in danger, classification, animal adaptations, habitats and more!

Geck'yo act together and invite Wee Critters to visit your class, group or party today!

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

๐ŸŒฟ๐—›๐—”๐—ฃ๐—ฃ๐—ฌ ๐—œ๐—ก๐—ง๐—˜๐—ฅ๐—ก๐—”๐—ง๐—œ๐—ข๐—ก๐—”๐—Ÿ ๐—”๐—ฅ๐— ๐—”๐——๐—œ๐—Ÿ๐—Ÿ๐—ข ๐——๐—”๐—ฌโ€ฆ๐ŸŒฟbut we need no excuse to celebrate our arma-dorable friends! Our armadillos are thre...
13/08/2025

๐ŸŒฟ๐—›๐—”๐—ฃ๐—ฃ๐—ฌ ๐—œ๐—ก๐—ง๐—˜๐—ฅ๐—ก๐—”๐—ง๐—œ๐—ข๐—ก๐—”๐—Ÿ ๐—”๐—ฅ๐— ๐—”๐——๐—œ๐—Ÿ๐—Ÿ๐—ข ๐——๐—”๐—ฌโ€ฆ๐ŸŒฟ

but we need no excuse to celebrate our arma-dorable friends!

Our armadillos are three-banded armadillos. This species is found in South America and their name comes from the Spanish word 'armado' which means 'armoured'. The plated armour isn't this species only protection against predators as three-banded armadillos are the only armadillo species that can roll up completely into a ball.

We named Arthur after King Arthur and the knights of the round table (as knights also wear armour). Arthur lives at Wee Critters with his partner Bella, his daughters and Albie.
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Our armadillos may have a hard exterior but they melt all hearts with their personalities. They are not only very much loved members of our family but they are ambassadors for their species delivering important educational messages about a range of topics including rainforests, adaptations, classification and animals in danger!

๐Ÿฆ‰๐ŸŒ๐—œ๐—ง'๐—ฆ ๐—œ๐—ก๐—ง๐—˜๐—ฅ๐—ก๐—”๐—ง๐—œ๐—ข๐—ก๐—”๐—Ÿ ๐—ข๐—ช๐—Ÿ ๐—”๐—ช๐—”๐—ฅ๐—˜๐—ก๐—˜๐—ฆ๐—ฆ ๐——๐—”๐—ฌ!๐ŸŒ๐Ÿฆ‰There are more than 200 species of owl in the world!  They are found on every c...
04/08/2025

๐Ÿฆ‰๐ŸŒ๐—œ๐—ง'๐—ฆ ๐—œ๐—ก๐—ง๐—˜๐—ฅ๐—ก๐—”๐—ง๐—œ๐—ข๐—ก๐—”๐—Ÿ ๐—ข๐—ช๐—Ÿ ๐—”๐—ช๐—”๐—ฅ๐—˜๐—ก๐—˜๐—ฆ๐—ฆ ๐——๐—”๐—ฌ!๐ŸŒ๐Ÿฆ‰

There are more than 200 species of owl in the world! They are found on every continent except Antarctica. Our own wee country is home to three species of owl (barn owl, long-eared owl and short-eared owl).

Dobby the white-faced owl and Pepper the white-breasted barn owl, are important members of our Wee Critters family!

๐——๐—ข๐—•๐—•๐—ฌ ๐—œ๐—ฆ ๐—” ๐—ฅ๐—˜๐—”๐—Ÿ ๐—›๐—ข๐—ข๐—ง!
White-faced owls are a small species of owl but Dobby certainly has a big personality.

White-faced owls have a rather magical defence mechanism. When faced with a similar-sized predator they flare their wings to appear larger. When faced with something much bigger, they elongate their body and narrow their eyes to thin slits to camouflage into the branches of the tree. It really is quite a transfiguration!
We think he is so โ€˜magicโ€™ that he was named after Dobby the house elf from Harry Potter!

๐—œ๐—ง'๐—ฆ '๐—ข๐—ช๐—Ÿ' ๐—”๐—•๐—ข๐—จ๐—ง ๐—ฃ๐—˜๐—ฃ๐—ฃ๐—˜๐—ฅ!
Pepper is a white-breasted barn owl. Sometimes when we think about animals at risk itโ€™s easy to think about large animals from far off countries but the truth is that itโ€™s happening on our own doorstep.

There are fewer than 30 breeding pairs of barn owl left in our wee country.
โ€‹Pepper is not just a much-loved member of the Wee Critters family but is an ambassador for her species during our interactive animal education sessions.

Dobby and Pepper help us to deliver important curriculum-based topics including the world around us, nocturnal animals, animals in danger, native species and more.

๐Ÿ“ธ๐—œ๐—ณ ๐˜†๐—ผ๐˜‚ ๐—ต๐—ฎ๐˜ƒ๐—ฒ ๐—บ๐—ฒ๐˜ ๐——๐—ผ๐—ฏ๐—ฏ๐˜† ๐—ผ๐—ฟ ๐—ฃ๐—ฒ๐—ฝ๐—ฝ๐—ฒ๐—ฟ ๐—ฎ๐˜ ๐˜†๐—ผ๐˜‚๐—ฟ ๐˜€๐—ฐ๐—ต๐—ผ๐—ผ๐—น, ๐—ด๐—ฟ๐—ผ๐˜‚๐—ฝ ๐—ผ๐—ฟ ๐—ฝ๐—ฎ๐—ฟ๐˜๐˜†, ๐˜€๐—ต๐—ฎ๐—ฟ๐—ฒ ๐˜†๐—ผ๐˜‚๐—ฟ ๐—ฝ๐—ต๐—ผ๐˜๐—ผ๐˜€ ๐—ถ๐—ป ๐˜๐—ต๐—ฒ ๐—ฐ๐—ผ๐—บ๐—บ๐—ฒ๐—ป๐˜๐˜€ ๐—ฏ๐—ฒ๐—น๐—ผ๐˜„๐Ÿ‘‡

๐˜‰๐˜ฐ๐˜ฐ๐˜ฌ ๐˜ข ๐˜ž๐˜ฆ๐˜ฆ ๐˜Š๐˜ณ๐˜ช๐˜ต๐˜ต๐˜ฆ๐˜ณ๐˜ด ๐˜ฆ๐˜น๐˜ฑ๐˜ฆ๐˜ณ๐˜ช๐˜ฆ๐˜ฏ๐˜ค๐˜ฆ ๐˜ข๐˜ฏ๐˜ฅ ๐˜ฐ๐˜ถ๐˜ณ ๐˜ฐ๐˜ธ๐˜ญ๐˜ด ๐˜ธ๐˜ช๐˜ญ๐˜ญ ๐˜ด๐˜ธ๐˜ฐ๐˜ฐ๐˜ฑ ๐˜ฐ๐˜ฏ ๐˜ฐ๐˜ท๐˜ฆ๐˜ณ ๐˜ต๐˜ฐ ๐˜บ๐˜ฐ๐˜ถ๐˜ณ ๐˜ท๐˜ฆ๐˜ฏ๐˜ถ๐˜ฆ ๐˜ต๐˜ฐ ๐˜ต๐˜ฆ๐˜ข๐˜ค๐˜ฉ ๐˜บ๐˜ฐ๐˜ถ ๐˜ข๐˜ญ๐˜ญ ๐˜ข๐˜ฃ๐˜ฐ๐˜ถ๐˜ต ๐˜ต๐˜ฉ๐˜ฆ ๐˜ธ๐˜ช๐˜ญ๐˜ฅ๐˜ญ๐˜ช๐˜ง๐˜ฆ ๐˜ต๐˜ฉ๐˜ข๐˜ต ๐˜ธ๐˜ฆ ๐˜ด๐˜ฉ๐˜ข๐˜ณ๐˜ฆ ๐˜ฐ๐˜ถ๐˜ณ ๐˜ธ๐˜ฐ๐˜ณ๐˜ญ๐˜ฅ ๐˜ธ๐˜ช๐˜ต๐˜ฉ! ๐˜›๐˜ช๐˜ฎ๐˜ฆ ๐˜ธ๐˜ช๐˜ญ๐˜ญ ๐˜ง๐˜ญ๐˜บ ๐˜ฃ๐˜บ ๐˜ธ๐˜ช๐˜ต๐˜ฉ ๐˜ข ๐˜ท๐˜ช๐˜ด๐˜ช๐˜ต ๐˜ง๐˜ณ๐˜ฐ๐˜ฎ ๐˜‹๐˜ฐ๐˜ฃ๐˜ฃ๐˜บ ๐˜ฐ๐˜ณ ๐˜—๐˜ฆ๐˜ฑ๐˜ฑ๐˜ฆ๐˜ณ.

๐—™๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ฑ ๐—ผ๐˜‚๐˜ ๐—บ๐—ผ๐—ฟ๐—ฒ ๐—ฎ๐—ฏ๐—ผ๐˜‚๐˜ ๐—ช๐—ฒ๐—ฒ ๐—–๐—ฟ๐—ถ๐˜๐˜๐—ฒ๐—ฟ๐˜€
๐Ÿ’ป www.weecritters.org
โ˜Ž๏ธ 079 1278 5047
โœ‰๏ธ [email protected]

๐Ÿ’›๐—œ ๐—š๐—˜๐—ง ๐—•๐—ฌ ๐—ช๐—œ๐—ง๐—› ๐—” ๐—Ÿ๐—œ๐—ง๐—ง๐—Ÿ๐—˜ ๐—›๐—˜๐—Ÿ๐—ฃ ๐—™๐—ฅ๐—ข๐—  ๐— ๐—ฌ ๐—™๐—ฅ๐—œ๐—˜๐—ก๐——๐—ฆ...๐—”๐—ก๐—— ๐—™๐—”๐— ๐—œ๐—Ÿ๐—ฌ!๐Ÿ’›Most of you will recognise my ugly mug from my visits to your...
30/07/2025

๐Ÿ’›๐—œ ๐—š๐—˜๐—ง ๐—•๐—ฌ ๐—ช๐—œ๐—ง๐—› ๐—” ๐—Ÿ๐—œ๐—ง๐—ง๐—Ÿ๐—˜ ๐—›๐—˜๐—Ÿ๐—ฃ ๐—™๐—ฅ๐—ข๐—  ๐— ๐—ฌ ๐—™๐—ฅ๐—œ๐—˜๐—ก๐——๐—ฆ...๐—”๐—ก๐—— ๐—™๐—”๐— ๐—œ๐—Ÿ๐—ฌ!๐Ÿ’›

Most of you will recognise my ugly mug from my visits to your schools, groups or parties but the reality is that there are so many people supporting me (and Wee Critters) behind the scenes.

This week my wife, Cathy, received a phone call from our 9 year old nephew Tom who wanted us to come and play with him and his brother at 'Granny's house'. She explained that we would love to but I was busy cleaning out the wee critters, she was painting the tortoise house and we then had some admin to catch up on including promoting some of our upcoming events.

Tom thought for a minute before informing her that we could work on the cleaning out and painting and he and his brother would help out by designing posters to let our followers know all about our event at Carrickfergus Castle and then we would all have time to play in the afternoon. His granny informed me that he spent quite a long time designing this masterpiece and putting knight's helmets on everyone's heads (except the lizards because that was apparently too difficult).

So here is Tom's masterpiece to let you all know that we will be at the castle on 17 August 2025.

๐˜๐˜ช๐˜ฏ๐˜ฅ ๐˜ฐ๐˜ถ๐˜ต ๐˜ฎ๐˜ฐ๐˜ณ๐˜ฆ ๐˜ข๐˜ฃ๐˜ฐ๐˜ถ๐˜ต ๐˜ต๐˜ฉ๐˜ฆ ๐˜ฆ๐˜ท๐˜ฆ๐˜ฏ๐˜ต ๐˜ข๐˜ต ๐˜ต๐˜ฉ๐˜ฆ ๐˜ธ๐˜ฆ๐˜ฆ ๐˜ญ๐˜ช๐˜ฏ๐˜ฌ ๐˜ฃ๐˜ฆ๐˜ญ๐˜ฐ๐˜ธ ๐˜ข๐˜ฏ๐˜ฅ ๐˜จ๐˜ฆ๐˜ต ๐˜บ๐˜ฐ๐˜ถ๐˜ณ ๐˜ต๐˜ช๐˜ค๐˜ฌ๐˜ฆ๐˜ต๐˜ด ๐˜ฃ๐˜ฐ๐˜ฐ๐˜ฌ๐˜ฆ๐˜ฅ ๐˜ด๐˜ฐ ๐˜›๐˜ฐ๐˜ฎ ๐˜ค๐˜ข๐˜ฏ ๐˜ด๐˜ฆ๐˜ฆ ๐˜ฉ๐˜ฐ๐˜ธ ๐˜ด๐˜ถ๐˜ค๐˜ค๐˜ฆ๐˜ด๐˜ด๐˜ง๐˜ถ๐˜ญ ๐˜ฉ๐˜ช๐˜ด ๐˜ข๐˜ฅ๐˜ท๐˜ฆ๐˜ณ๐˜ต๐˜ช๐˜ด๐˜ฆ๐˜ฎ๐˜ฆ๐˜ฏ๐˜ต ๐˜ฉ๐˜ข๐˜ด ๐˜ฃ๐˜ฆ๐˜ฆ๐˜ฏ:
https://www.facebook.com/events/769677418963276

From sitting at my Nanny and Grandad's kitchen table planning the start of Wee Critters to my poor mum who painstakingly sewed together 9 ikea soft toys to allow me to show all of the little explorers how long the biggest snake in the world is and of course my dad who has built everything from hedgehog houses to custom made armadillo accommodation - I wouldn't be able to do it without all of them behind me so big shout out to our family that make it all possible!

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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!