Despite the cold start to Spring this year, the birds have been busy checking out potential nesting sites. Rooks have already taken up residence, and built a couple of tree-top nests, in the school’s wooded area. A Tree Sparrow has … Continue reading
The school’s bird boxes have been cleaned out ready for this year’s nesting season – thank you Mr Marriot for helping once again! All the boxes showed signs of having been used; six had nests in them and the rest … Continue reading
This year, the RSPB has given schools from 5th January to 13th February to do their Big Schools’ Birdwatch surveys. We have taken part in this national survey for the last seven years. This year, each class completed one survey … Continue reading
Reception and Year 2 did a fantastic job of de-heading dead flowers in our Learning Garden today. This will help the plants flower for as long as possible providing nectar for insects still out on chilly autumn days. A Small … Continue reading
We came back to school after the summer holidays to find our learning garden in full bloom, what a fantastic sight! Thank you Mr Cooke for keeping the garden watered over the holidays. The flowers have been attracting large numbers … Continue reading
The children worked hard over the summer terms to grow some fruit and vegetables. The strawberries were all eaten before we broke up for the holidays and even featured in our competition winning video. We harvested the tomatoes, purple french … Continue reading
Woodpecker Class and Year 3 helped to empty the moth trap a couple of times during the Summer Term. They each chose a moth and did some great observational drawings. Year 3s uploaded some of their moth photographs to our … Continue reading
This term Woodpecker Class are studying minibeasts. Our school grounds provide a good variety of habitats for a great range of plants and animals. Let us know what you have found in the school grounds by leaving a comment on … Continue reading
At the end of term (23rd May) we had a box full of eight healthy 11 day old chicks which were being well fed by their parents. Their eyes were open and their feathers were beginning to show their Blue Tit … Continue reading
What an exciting day! We weren’t expecting the chicks to hatch for another couple of days as the eighth and final egg of the Blue Tit clutch was laid on the 1st May. However, a couple of diligent birdcam watchers … Continue reading
The eggs arrived on Monday, they were placed in the incubator to keep them warm and soft. We kept a close eye on the eggs looking to see whether the eggs were rolling or signs that the chicks were pipping … Continue reading
An avid watcher of our birdcams has reported seeing 3 or 4 eggs in our Colour Birdcam box this morning. The well of the nest is kept covered with feathers during the day but you might catch a glimpse of … Continue reading
Earlier last week, we noticed that House Sparrows were going in and out of Sparrow Terrace Box 1 (car park side of building). Checking the camera feed on the the old colour birdcam box on Thursday revealed the beginnings of … Continue reading
The wait is over! Just after midnight last night the falcon (female) laid her first egg of the season. Hopefully we will see 2 or 3 more laid over the coming week. Eggs are usually laid roughly every other day … Continue reading
The beginning of March seems to have brought with it some welcome spring like weather. I spotted a pair of Small Tortoiseshell butterflies and a Peacock butterfly flying around my garden today; I wonder who will be the first to … Continue reading
