Episode 14 Green Balloon Club

# Listen up, look around you

# There's a magical world to explore

# There's a major adventure

Is everybody here? Lily-Rose.

me Skipper's going to quack as well?

Don't be silly. She's a dog. Dogs don't quack, they woof.

Quack, quack. Quack, quack.

Quack, quack, quack, quack, quack!

Now for the Green Balloon club

# We love animals, plants and birds

# Large and small, we love them all

# And we love all the snakes as well cos we are the Green Balloon Club! #

Right, let's see if we can spot

I spotted a mallard duck the other

later. A special report's coming in.

Who is it? Louis and Stanley.

We live at the lock keeper's cottage. Our dad is a lock keeper.

We're going on the canal. Come on!

it's made by humans, not by nature.

It still has lots of wildlife.

We love coming on the boat.

It's small from the outside

There's lots of room for our coats.

And to have a nice relaxing time

so we can spot the wildlife.

That's not seaweed, that's algae.

There's two pigeons up there.

There are some seagulls over there.

Look, there's some mallard ducks.

There are some mallard ducklings.

We're coming up to some more geese.

We'll pass through the lock. The water is higher than in the canal.

We're going down very quickly.

We're going back out again.

Thanks for coming to the canal with us, Green Balloon. BOTH: Bye!

Thanks for showing us your canal.

brilliant for looking for wildlife.

I loved all them water birds.

If you're by the river in the countryside, see if you can spot one of Britain's rarest creatures.

I'm a water vole. I live in a burrow.

I'm the same size as a guinea pig.

Many animals make a quick meal

Eeek! That was a lucky escape.

for when there's not much food

Hmmm! My favourite - fresh apple.

Water voles are very interesting.

I saw something very interesting.

What's Skipper up to? I think she may have a job for the ground crew.

Would you like some help, Skipper?

"Put a smile on our face by helping us make our breathing place."

There's our mission, ground crew.

What have you got there, Adam?

What does it say? "Put a smile

A positive labyrinth? It's a maze!

There's only one path to the middle.

Oh, look a snail. Can you see the snail? Yes, I can see one.

It's coming out. It is coming out.

You've got some stuff growing

This is all woodland. It's lovely.

You've got silver birch trees.

And a pine tree. It is a pine tree.

And pine cones everywhere as well. These have given me an idea.

We're going to take these things we found in your woodland and garden

What do you want to do, Amy?

It'll look great in the labyrinth.

And we found the Mission Machine.

Back to you in the Green Balloon.

pinecones and bark to print with.

It's really interesting to see

I've got this one, and a big leaf.

And a conker. Yes, a conker.

Let's do it on the veiny side. Let's do a red colour. Okey-dokey.

The veins are poking through.

Yeah, that's done. Very good!

You can see it coming through. Put it on a piece of paper.

It's very squidgy. Oooh-er!

Squeeze as hard as you can.

Shall we do another one? Yeah. Let's do the conker now. Yes.

Roll it in a different colour.

I think that'll be all right. We can scratch it across the paper.

Now I've got a new sheet for you,

I'm in Bill Oddie's garden!

I've put some food out for the birds.

We're going to see what comes. Yes.

But you do have to be quiet. I KNOW!

REALLY quiet. Yes. Can you do that?

I hope we see something I've never

I've seen lots of pigeons, bluetits

Well, there's a pigeon now. Yeah.

and there's lots for them both

but they're always fighting. Hmm.

What I'm really looking for

I didn't know you could get

It's got blue on it! He's got

it's got white on its rump - do you know what that is? That's its bum.

Bottom. Bottom. Whichever you like.

And it's got a lovely crest,

They make a horrible noise. I don't know if they will now

but sometimes they go, "Wagh!", like a cat. They squeal at each other.

I've got a friend called Jay!

It is absolutely fantastic. Right.

You know, people are always surprised

They mistake it for something else.

Fair enough, parrots are usually

No, you wouldn't. Yes, you would.

Oops! There's one coming right now!

Just like me! Just like you, yeah.

Do you want to know what it is?

All right, fine. It's not exactly a parrot. It's called a parakeet.

So it's like a small parrot.

And they make terrible noises.

You think the jay makes a horrible noise? Well, a parakeet, ooh!

Yes, I saw the Parakweet...

Right in your back garden.

Our back garden. All right, go on.

They're amazing birds, aren't they?

But they're quite difficult to see

What's that Skipper? Have you seen

If you go on our website you'll have to choose from a ladybird or a jay.

I'm sure you want to choose the jay,

Hey, Jay. You never told us about those mallard ducks you saw.

Green Balloon Club members!

of duck and at this time of year

The males, that are called drakes,

And the females are mostly brown.

After they have chicks in the summer,

all their old, worn feathers fall out

nice new feathers for flying.

This means they don't stand out much.

Look for male mallards with green and brown feathers on their heads.

You might find their old feathers

Try spotting moulting mallards at your local pond or river.

A mix of green and brown feathers

That's what I noticed! That the males were losing their green heads.

# There's a great big world

# Where the sun shines bright

ALL: # Let's go play outside

# You can go out where the air

# Skip through fields so fast

# And we'll make daisy chains

# Our friends will all be there

ALL: # Let's go play outside

# Mother Nature feels so right

# You know you wanna play out

# You know you wanna play outside

# You know you wanna play outside

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