


Worms eat their own body weight in food in one day! Worm poo enriches the soil with vital nutrients keeping it healthy You can print this out at home to take with you on your Worm Hunt. The guide provides instructions on four ways you can encourage worms to say 'hello', along with information on how to identify the most common types of worm you might find on your Worm Hunt. By reporting your findings, you'll help build a better picture of the state of Britain's soils in gardens and green spaces across the UK.Įnter your details into the form below to download our Worm Hunt Guide. Taking part is easy and fun! Our Worm Hunt will help you discover more about the incredible creatures beneath your feet. When her son went back for another look on Friday but Dead Fred had gone, potentially having floated off.Calling all nature explorers! Did you know that healthy soils have more worms? This spring, learn about the soil you have at home by going on a worm hunt! I wonder if it could have been floating in the water and if it had taken on some water so it was sort of bloated.” “It is so huge and … it looks to me in the photo pretty spring, which is pretty gross. "He didn't take any videos or anything, (he) wasn't overly excited by it … which I just can't believe because as soon as I saw the photo, I just, you know, wanted to be sick in my mouth. "I think it was already deceased when he came across it, so sort of just bobbing on the on the edge of the water there and he dug the stuck in and pulled it up and then my husband took the photo. He got it out with the stick, didn't want to touch it, but was pretty delighted to find it.

He was outside in the yard - we've got a bit of an abandoned river bed on the edge of our property - and that's where he was digging around and stumbled upon – in the water - this giant, disgusting worm. Barnaby Domigan, 9, discovered a giant earthworm in his back yard in Christchurch.
