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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!

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!

20/09/2025

🌿𝗜𝗧'𝗦 𝗜𝗡𝗧𝗘𝗥𝗡𝗔𝗧𝗜𝗢𝗡𝗔𝗟 𝗥𝗘𝗗 𝗣𝗔𝗡𝗗𝗔 𝗗𝗔𝗬!🌿

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!

04/09/2025

🛁 𝗦𝗣𝗟𝗜𝗦𝗛 𝗦𝗣𝗟𝗔𝗦𝗛 𝗔𝗥𝗧𝗛𝗨𝗥'𝗦 𝗧𝗔𝗞𝗜𝗡𝗚 𝗔 𝗕𝗔𝗧𝗛!💦

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

🦔🦉🐌𝗖𝗔𝗟𝗟𝗜𝗡𝗚 𝗔𝗟𝗟 𝗧𝗘𝗔𝗖𝗛𝗘𝗥𝗦! 🐍🦨🐢

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)!

𝘼𝙧𝙚 𝙮𝙤𝙪 𝙡𝙤𝙤𝙠𝙞𝙣𝙜 𝙛𝙤𝙧 𝙨𝙤𝙢𝙚𝙩𝙝𝙞𝙣𝙜 𝙛𝙪𝙣 𝙖𝙣𝙙 𝙚𝙙𝙪𝙘𝙖𝙩𝙞𝙤𝙣𝙖𝙡 𝙛𝙤𝙧 𝙮𝙤𝙪𝙧 𝙘𝙡𝙖𝙨𝙨 𝙩𝙝𝙞𝙨 𝙮𝙚𝙖𝙧?
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!

💛𝘖𝘶𝘳 𝘮𝘪𝘴𝘴𝘪𝘰𝘯 𝘪𝘴 𝘵𝘰 𝘣𝘳𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘸𝘰𝘯𝘥𝘦𝘳 𝘰𝘧 𝘸𝘪𝘭𝘥𝘭𝘪𝘧𝘦 𝘴𝘵𝘳𝘢𝘪𝘨𝘩𝘵 𝘵𝘰 𝘺𝘰𝘶𝘳 𝘴𝘤𝘩𝘰𝘰𝘭 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.💛

𝗖𝗨𝗥𝗥𝗜𝗖𝗨𝗟𝗨𝗠-𝗕𝗔𝗦𝗘𝗗 𝗧𝗢𝗣𝗜𝗖𝗦
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:

🌎the world around us
🦜jungle VIPs (𝘳𝘢𝘪𝘯𝘧𝘰𝘳𝘦𝘴𝘵𝘴)
🕷marvellous minibeasts
🦨we are family (𝘢𝘯𝘪𝘮𝘢𝘭 𝘤𝘭𝘢𝘴𝘴𝘪𝘧𝘪𝘤𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯)
🌙midnight mayhem (𝘯𝘰𝘤𝘵𝘶𝘳𝘯𝘢𝘭 𝘢𝘯𝘪𝘮𝘢𝘭𝘴)
🦔shake, rattle and roll (𝘢𝘥𝘢𝘱𝘵𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯𝘴 𝘵𝘰 𝘢𝘷𝘰𝘪𝘥 𝘱𝘳𝘦𝘥𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯)
🐸circle of life (𝘢𝘯𝘪𝘮𝘢𝘭 𝘭𝘪𝘧𝘦𝘤𝘺𝘤𝘭𝘦𝘴)
🌿home sweet home (𝘢𝘯𝘪𝘮𝘢𝘭 𝘩𝘢𝘣𝘪𝘵𝘢𝘵𝘴)
❄️winter is coming (𝘤𝘭𝘪𝘮𝘢𝘵𝘦𝘴, 𝘴𝘦𝘢𝘴𝘰𝘯𝘴, 𝘩𝘪𝘣𝘦𝘳𝘯𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘮𝘪𝘨𝘳𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯)
🍴what's on the menu? (𝘢𝘯𝘪𝘮𝘢𝘭 𝘥𝘪𝘦𝘵𝘴 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘧𝘰𝘰𝘥 𝘤𝘩𝘢𝘪𝘯𝘴)
🦉love your locals (𝘯𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘷𝘦 𝘴𝘱𝘦𝘤𝘪𝘦𝘴)
🐍I like to move it (𝘢𝘯𝘪𝘮𝘢𝘭 𝘭𝘰𝘤𝘰𝘮𝘰𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯)
☀️some like it hot (𝘩𝘰𝘵 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘤𝘰𝘭𝘥 𝘤𝘭𝘪𝘮𝘢𝘵𝘦𝘴)
⚠️edge of extinction (𝘦𝘯𝘥𝘢𝘯𝘨𝘦𝘳𝘦𝘥 𝘢𝘯𝘪𝘮𝘢𝘭𝘴)
🐌......and many more!

We also provide sessions for SEN and nurture groups.

𝗗𝗢𝗪𝗡𝗟𝗢𝗔𝗗 𝗔 𝗦𝗖𝗛𝗢𝗢𝗟 𝗕𝗢𝗢𝗞𝗟𝗘𝗧
Visit www.weecritters.org/schools to download our 2025/2026 school brochure and find out more.

𝗪𝗢𝗥𝗞𝗜𝗡𝗚 𝗧𝗢𝗚𝗘𝗧𝗛𝗘𝗥 𝗙𝗢𝗥 𝗪𝗜𝗟𝗗𝗟𝗜𝗙𝗘
We work closely with a number of like-minded organisations and have professional membership of institutions including:
🌿Eco Schools Northern Ireland
🌿International Zoo Educators Association
🌿Education for Sustainable Development Forum
🌿Autism NI Impact Award - Education Champion
🌿Wee Critters is also fully licensed by DAERA

𝗕𝗢𝗢𝗞 𝗧𝗢𝗗𝗔𝗬
Our dates for the school term are booking up quickly so get in touch today to secure a visit!

💻www.weecritters.org/schools
☎️079 1278 5047
✉️[email protected]

21/08/2025

💛𝗜𝗧'𝗦 𝗪𝗢𝗥𝗟𝗗 𝗦𝗘𝗡𝗜𝗢𝗥 𝗖𝗜𝗧𝗜𝗭𝗘𝗡'𝗦 𝗗𝗔𝗬!💛

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.

💻www.weecritters.org
☎️079 1278 5047
✉️[email protected]

20/08/2025

🐢🎈𝗔 𝗧𝗢𝗥𝗧-𝗔𝗟𝗟𝗬 𝗦𝗣𝗘𝗖𝗜𝗔𝗟 𝗗𝗔𝗬 𝘁𝗼 𝗦𝗛𝗘𝗟𝗟-𝗘𝗕𝗥𝗔𝗧𝗘 𝗧𝗘𝗡 𝗬𝗘𝗔𝗥𝗦 𝗢𝗙 𝗧𝗢𝗥𝗧𝗜𝗘! 🎈🐢

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 ‘tortle’ 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 can’t give them all a home but we are lucky to share our lives with these tortally amazing wee friends.

16/08/2025

🐢🛁 𝗧𝗨𝗕 -𝗧𝗜𝗠𝗘 𝗙𝗢𝗥 𝗧𝗛𝗘 𝗧𝗢𝗥𝗧𝗢𝗜𝗦𝗘𝗦! 🐢🛁

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 can’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.

14/08/2025

🦎🌍 𝗜𝗧'𝗦 𝗪𝗢𝗥𝗟𝗗 𝗟𝗜𝗭𝗔𝗥𝗗 𝗗𝗔𝗬!🌍🦎

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!

💻 www.weecritters.org
☎️ 079 1278 5047
✉️ [email protected]

13/08/2025

🌿𝗛𝗔𝗣𝗣𝗬 𝗜𝗡𝗧𝗘𝗥𝗡𝗔𝗧𝗜𝗢𝗡𝗔𝗟 𝗔𝗥𝗠𝗔𝗗𝗜𝗟𝗟𝗢 𝗗𝗔𝗬…🌿

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.

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!

04/08/2025

🦉🌍𝗜𝗧'𝗦 𝗜𝗡𝗧𝗘𝗥𝗡𝗔𝗧𝗜𝗢𝗡𝗔𝗟 𝗢𝗪𝗟 𝗔𝗪𝗔𝗥𝗘𝗡𝗘𝗦𝗦 𝗗𝗔𝗬!🌍🦉

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!

𝗗𝗢𝗕𝗕𝗬 𝗜𝗦 𝗔 𝗥𝗘𝗔𝗟 𝗛𝗢𝗢𝗧!
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 ‘magic’ that he was named after Dobby the house elf from Harry Potter!

𝗜𝗧'𝗦 '𝗢𝗪𝗟' 𝗔𝗕𝗢𝗨𝗧 𝗣𝗘𝗣𝗣𝗘𝗥!
Pepper is a white-breasted barn owl. Sometimes when we think about animals at risk it’s easy to think about large animals from far off countries but the truth is that it’s happening on our own doorstep.

There are fewer than 30 breeding pairs of barn owl left in our wee country.
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.

📸𝗜𝗳 𝘆𝗼𝘂 𝗵𝗮𝘃𝗲 𝗺𝗲𝘁 𝗗𝗼𝗯𝗯𝘆 𝗼𝗿 𝗣𝗲𝗽𝗽𝗲𝗿 𝗮𝘁 𝘆𝗼𝘂𝗿 𝘀𝗰𝗵𝗼𝗼𝗹, 𝗴𝗿𝗼𝘂𝗽 𝗼𝗿 𝗽𝗮𝗿𝘁𝘆, 𝘀𝗵𝗮𝗿𝗲 𝘆𝗼𝘂𝗿 𝗽𝗵𝗼𝘁𝗼𝘀 𝗶𝗻 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗰𝗼𝗺𝗺𝗲𝗻𝘁𝘀 𝗯𝗲𝗹𝗼𝘄👇

𝘉𝘰𝘰𝘬 𝘢 𝘞𝘦𝘦 𝘊𝘳𝘪𝘵𝘵𝘦𝘳𝘴 𝘦𝘹𝘱𝘦𝘳𝘪𝘦𝘯𝘤𝘦 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘰𝘶𝘳 𝘰𝘸𝘭𝘴 𝘸𝘪𝘭𝘭 𝘴𝘸𝘰𝘰𝘱 𝘰𝘯 𝘰𝘷𝘦𝘳 𝘵𝘰 𝘺𝘰𝘶𝘳 𝘷𝘦𝘯𝘶𝘦 𝘵𝘰 𝘵𝘦𝘢𝘤𝘩 𝘺𝘰𝘶 𝘢𝘭𝘭 𝘢𝘣𝘰𝘶𝘵 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘸𝘪𝘭𝘥𝘭𝘪𝘧𝘦 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘸𝘦 𝘴𝘩𝘢𝘳𝘦 𝘰𝘶𝘳 𝘸𝘰𝘳𝘭𝘥 𝘸𝘪𝘵𝘩! 𝘛𝘪𝘮𝘦 𝘸𝘪𝘭𝘭 𝘧𝘭𝘺 𝘣𝘺 𝘸𝘪𝘵𝘩 𝘢 𝘷𝘪𝘴𝘪𝘵 𝘧𝘳𝘰𝘮 𝘋𝘰𝘣𝘣𝘺 𝘰𝘳 𝘗𝘦𝘱𝘱𝘦𝘳.

𝗙𝗶𝗻𝗱 𝗼𝘂𝘁 𝗺𝗼𝗿𝗲 𝗮𝗯𝗼𝘂𝘁 𝗪𝗲𝗲 𝗖𝗿𝗶𝘁𝘁𝗲𝗿𝘀
💻 www.weecritters.org
☎️ 079 1278 5047
✉️ [email protected]

30/07/2025

💛𝗜 𝗚𝗘𝗧 𝗕𝗬 𝗪𝗜𝗧𝗛 𝗔 𝗟𝗜𝗧𝗧𝗟𝗘 𝗛𝗘𝗟𝗣 𝗙𝗥𝗢𝗠 𝗠𝗬 𝗙𝗥𝗜𝗘𝗡𝗗𝗦...𝗔𝗡𝗗 𝗙𝗔𝗠𝗜𝗟𝗬!💛

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.

𝘍𝘪𝘯𝘥 𝘰𝘶𝘵 𝘮𝘰𝘳𝘦 𝘢𝘣𝘰𝘶𝘵 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘦𝘷𝘦𝘯𝘵 𝘢𝘵 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘸𝘦𝘦 𝘭𝘪𝘯𝘬 𝘣𝘦𝘭𝘰𝘸 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘨𝘦𝘵 𝘺𝘰𝘶𝘳 𝘵𝘪𝘤𝘬𝘦𝘵𝘴 𝘣𝘰𝘰𝘬𝘦𝘥 𝘴𝘰 𝘛𝘰𝘮 𝘤𝘢𝘯 𝘴𝘦𝘦 𝘩𝘰𝘸 𝘴𝘶𝘤𝘤𝘦𝘴𝘴𝘧𝘶𝘭 𝘩𝘪𝘴 𝘢𝘥𝘷𝘦𝘳𝘵𝘪𝘴𝘦𝘮𝘦𝘯𝘵 𝘩𝘢𝘴 𝘣𝘦𝘦𝘯:
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!