Once again we had a very successful Big Schools’ Birdwatch and managed to submit four sets of results, with all the children having the opportunity to contribute. We saw a grand total of 23 different bird species and 275 birds … Continue reading
I would like to say a massive thank you to Mr Marriot for helping me clean out all the school’s bird boxes today. It managed to say mostly dry all morning but our fingers were numb with cold by the … Continue reading
This week, Jill Leheup from the Derbyshire Wildlife Trust (DWT) visited school to help the children construct a wildlife hotel in our Learning Garden. The children were assisted by DWT volunteers, school staff and our Chair of Governors. On arriving … Continue reading
Last term our children pitched their ideas for a ‘learning garden’ at a Dragon’s Den style competition which was part of an enterprise project between local primary schools. The Dragon’s Den panel were so impressed with the way the children talked about the plans, … Continue reading
The night before the first day of term, I set up my moth trap in the school’s new learning garden. The trap consists of a black box with a UV light source and vanes mounted above. Overnight, moths are attracted … Continue reading
Year 2 went bird watching from the school hide this morning. They all practised focussing the binoculars on far and near objects. They spotted the following birds: Blue tit, Great tit, Collared Dove, Magpie, Goldfinch, Carrion Crow, Stock Dove, Blackbird and … Continue reading
After a really sad end to the Great tit brood last Friday night, we can report that we have our first Blue tilt chick this morning! The Great tits abandoned the nest, possibly due to difficulties keeping the brood fed … Continue reading
Our new bird hide/wildlife hut arrived at school on Friday, 10th May and was promptly erected to overlook our pond and wooded area. The purchase of the hide was funded by the National Lottery through the Big Lottery Fund which has … Continue reading
The female Great Tit has been sitting patiently on her five eggs for two weeks and today all that hard work paid off! Four chicks have hatched so far and hopefully the fifth will follow shortly. Both adults have been … Continue reading
A Blue tit has been roosting in the B&W birdcam box for a few nights now so we suspected that we might have eggs by now. The well of the nest has been kept closely covered during the day but … Continue reading
The Great Tit nest in the colour birdcam box was completed over a week ago when the female Great Tit also started to roost in the box again. This is often a sign that egg laying is about to start. … Continue reading
Last Friday Nick Brown and Maria, from the Derbyshire Wildlife Trust, came to school to give an assembly about the Derby Cathedral Peregrine Falcons. The resident pair of falcons nest on a wooden platform erected high on the East side … Continue reading
Although we don’t appear to have a Great Tit nesting in our Colour Birdcam Box any more, Great Tits started to build a nest yesterday. This time last year we had a pair of Tree Sparrows incubating eggs in our … Continue reading
The beginning of March brought a few days of relatively warmer weather; we noticed that our nest boxes were attracting some day time visitors as well as the night time roosting birds. However, the snow in the second week may … Continue reading
We love to hear about your wildlife stories; what birds or other wildlife have been visiting your garden? If you love birds of prey, two great places to visit this summer would be Rutland Water for the Ospreys and Derby … Continue reading
