UK Local Habitat

Pasture 🐄

Fields of grass used for grazing livestock like sheep and cows, often dotted with thistles and cow pats.

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Climate & Environment

Temperate, often damp, keeping the grass green for most of the year.

Perennial ryegrass, white clover, and nettles.

A single cow pat can support hundreds of different insects!
The constant grazing keeps tree saplings from growing, maintaining the open grassland.

Feeds on and buries animal dung, returning nutrients to the soil.

Creates a network of tunnels through the thick base of the grass.

Has a complex stomach to digest tough meadow grasses and chew the cud in peace.

Grows a thick fleece of wool that keeps it perfectly warm and dry in rainy fields.

Has long legs and hard hooves to run fast from danger, and eyes on the sides of its head for a wide view.

KS1 / ScienceY2

Living things and their habitats