For example, if you are buying a toy for a toddler that is too advanced, they may get bored and turn to other activities while they wait for the toy to be played with. Thus, early learning toys are appropriate for toddlers, instead of too complex toys. The next thing to consider when choosing toys for children is what do we want them to learn? Do we want them to learn about animals? About colors? About counting? These are all important topics that you may want your child exposed to from an early age so that they can begin learning about these things before school starts and continue learning throughout the year. Educational toys play a big role in this, as they keep on introducing and nurturing children with educational topics, their surroundings, life skills and many more. PTES has been supporting Carlos Bedson’s work at Manchester Metropolitan University to work out which is the best way to accurately count hares. Mountain hares, the lesser-known cousin of brown hares, are on the very edge of their range in the UK. And the English population, found only in the Peak District, is small and very vulnerable to our changing climate. As well as being much loved icons of UK uplands, mountain hares are essential parts of these ecosystems. These herbivores feed on the vegetation, recycling nutrients as they go. They’re also an important prey species for raptors, owls, foxes, stoats and weasels.Knowing how many hares there are helps us to protect them more effectively, and to understand whether our methods are working. But what’s the best way to count hares? (From left to right) Lowri Thomas making sure the camera trap is placed at just the right angle, Carlos Bedson carrying heavy posts onto which the cameras will be fixed, and one of the camera traps, which were able to function even through deep cold temperatures. Night and Day About the Product: Orchard Toys is a UK-based company that produces educational games, jigsaw puzzles, activity books, and flashcards for children. Orchard Toys was founded in 1971, and as of 2023, the company has been in existence for over 52 years. Orchard Toys has also partnered with several well-known brands and organizations, such as the National Trust and the RSPB, to produce educational products that promote learning about the natural world.

There is no universally accepted definition of a mountain. Elevation, volume, relief, steepness, spacing and continuity have been used as criteria for defining a mountain. [4] In the Oxford English Dictionary a mountain is defined as "a natural elevation of the earth surface rising more or less abruptly from the surrounding level and attaining an altitude which, relatively to the adjacent elevation, is impressive or notable." [4] A: Mountain hares are most widespread in north-eastern Scotland, where there are large areas of managed grouse moors. The number of hares found on these driven grouse moors can be up to 35 times higher than areas where grouse are not shot. These facts, combined with evidence of increasing or stable mountain hare numbers on driven grouse moors, suggest that the possible benefits of grouse moor management (fewer hares being taken by predators and better quality food following heather burning) may outweigh the impact of culling that is limited in time and in area. Type of Product: Orchard Toys are experts in creating educational games, jigsaw puzzles, activity books, and flashcards for children. heir products cover a wide range of topics, such as literacy, numeracy, science, and geography. Some of their most popular products include ""Shopping List"" game, ""Farmyard Heads and Tails"" jigsaw puzzle, and ""Alphabet Lotto"" game.

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Understanding how and when mountain hares are active in this much detail means that Graham and his group, and others working on mountain hares, can make much more reliable counts of the animals. This in turn means that we can have a much better understanding of whether culls or other threats are impacting local populations and give us a chance to do something about it.

Some plants and animals found in altitudinal zones tend to become isolated since the conditions above and below a particular zone will be inhospitable and thus constrain their movements or dispersal. These isolated ecological systems are known as sky islands. [33] We have been here before. In 2018, a paper published in the Journal of Applied Ecology prompted sensational headlines suggesting that the mountain hare population in Scotland was at 1% of its 1950s level. As with the story in the Peak District, the issue comes from that fact the paper was based on daytime counting that was not consistent, employing dogs on some occasions but relying on visual observations only at others. mountain". dictionary.reference.com. Archived from the original on 5 February 2013 . Retrieved 3 February 2013. Unfortunately this was also the winter that northern England experienced The Beast from The East: an exceptionally severe winter, with seven heavy snowfalls, making it hard just to get on to the hill and survive, let alone set up survey equipment. Even the British Mountaineering Council were called upon, to provide expert advice for clothing and winter gear, to protect the two biologists during the polar conditions. They even called on logistical support from members of the local mountain rescue team, orienteering clubs and a wildlife monitoring expert who flew in from Montana USA. As an enthusiastic mountaineer with over 7 years of experience at Mountain Equipment, Matt stands by the need for simplicity and quality in products. Mountain Equipment and the GORE-TEX brand reflect this throughout their shared history. A heritage maintained today by innovators like Matt. But where did this all begin?

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How Mount Fuji became Japan's most sacred symbol". National Geographic. 6 February 2019. Archived from the original on 9 February 2019. High elevations on mountains produce colder climates than at sea level at similar latitude. These colder climates strongly affect the ecosystems of mountains: different elevations have different plants and animals. Because of the less hospitable terrain and climate, mountains tend to be used less for agriculture and more for resource extraction, such as mining and logging, along with recreation, such as mountain climbing and skiing. What is the difference between "mountain", "hill", and "peak"; "lake" and "pond"; or "river" and "creek?" ". US Geological Survey. Mountains are formed through tectonic forces, erosion, or volcanism, [1] which act on time scales of up to tens of millions of years. [2] Once mountain building ceases, mountains are slowly leveled through the action of weathering, through slumping and other forms of mass wasting, as well as through erosion by rivers and glaciers. [3] In Scotland, the GWCT has rolled out night-time counting and has now trained more than 130 people from 70 estates. These clearly demonstrated robust numbers of mountain hares in key areas managed for grouse. We have now received counts over four winter survey periods, with the information enabling us to provide better guidance to estates for management purposes.

a b c d e f g h i Blyth, S.; Groombridge, B.; Lysenko, I.; Miles, L.; Newton, A. (2002). "Mountain Watch" (PDF). UNEP World Conservation Monitoring Centre, Cambridge, UK. Archived from the original (PDF) on 11 May 2008 . Retrieved 17 February 2009. Hesford et al. (2019) – Count data gathered during red grouse surveys in the Scottish Highlands show that indicators of mountain hare abundance are up to 35 times higher and either relatively stable or increasing on driven grouse moors compared to moorland not managed for driven grouse shooting, where average declines were -40% per year in some areas. Class 6: Elevation between 300m (984ft) and 1,000m (3,281ft), with a 300m (984ft) elevation range within 7km (4.3mi). Wilson, Peter (2001). "Listing the Irish hills and mountains" (PDF). Irish Geography. Coleraine: University of Ulster. 34 (1): 89. doi: 10.1080/00750770109555778. Archived from the original (PDF) on 27 June 2013. a b "Biotic Communities of the Colorado Plateau: C. Hart Merriam and the Life Zones Concept". Archived from the original on 14 January 2013 . Retrieved 30 January 2010.

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In 2017 the British army even performed a South Pole crossing using those very sleeping bags. Our innovative nature continued in 2018 when 10 mountain guides pushed the GORE-TEX Pro fabrics to the limit while surviving blistering Scottish weather for 6 months. years earlier, on the other side of the North Atlantic, Bill and Vieve Gore opened a small business from their basement in Delaware. Yet it was their son Bob Gore in 1969 who discovered ePTFE - a versatile polymer with properties that revolutionised the outdoor gear market.