Kids Zone

Did you know that Iveragh is a hotspot for Ireland’s only native Lizard and for some rare birds including the Red-billed Chough, Ireland’s rarest crow?

Discover more with the wildlife slideshows below.

Download and print some of the activity and colouring in sheets to learn about local wildlife with your own children, your classes, or to have available in your business to keep little hands and minds busy on those rainy days!

Wren

Shell

Red Billed Chough

Quartz Pebble

Jellyfish

Crystal Jellyfish

Valentia Observatory

St Finians Bay

Snakelocks Anemone

Emperor Moth

Ducalla

Hoverfly on Mayweed

Bolus Head Whalewatch

Common Dolphin

Common Spotted Orchid

Common Lizard

Valentia Tetrapod trackway

Swallow

Stonechat

Sparrowhawk in Carhan Wood

Natterjack Toad

Lesser Horseshoe Bat

Irish Hare

Fulmar

Common Lizard

Common Carder Bumblebee

Black Tailed Godwit

7 Spot Ladybird on Knapweed

Meet some of Iveragh’s Animals

Sheep's Bit Scabious

Sea Spurge

Royal Fern

Round Leaved Sundew

Purple Moor-grass in Winter

Oak Tree

Lichen on rocks

Knapweed

Hazel Tree

Hare's Tail Cotton Grass

Downy Birch

Meet some of Iveragh’s Plants

Meet some of Iveragh’s habitats (where the animals and plants live)

Woodland, Carhan Woods

Carhan Woods & Ruin

Lough Currane

Farmland Stone-earth Bank

Farmland, Grassland, Hedge

Farmland Commonage

Stream in Derrynane

Coast, Sand Dune & Beach

Coast, Heath

Coast, Farmland, Cliffs & Sea

Blanket Bog Hummock

Blanket Bog

Activity Sheets

What does a Red-billed Chough eat? Where do Curlews make their nests?

Download these activity sheets to find out!

Red-billed Chough / Cág Cosdearg

Click on the below Activity Sheets to download the PDF.

Curlew / Crotach / Cuirliún

Click on the below Activity Sheets to download the PDF.

Common Lizard / Laghairt Choiteann / Earc Luachra

Click on the below Activity Sheets to download the PDF.

If you want to learn more about the natural world of Iveragh, visit our Multimedia page which has a collection of videos and animations about the landscape, wildlife, seasons, places and people of Iveragh.

Videos

Want some free resources to teach your students about Ireland’s geology and biodiversity? Visit our Educators page for more information and some great free resources.