This term the Juniors are studying Rainforests. The World Land Trust has a website, ‘WildlifeFocus’ which features webcams located in the rainforests of Brazil and Equador. It would be great if we could make a collection of screenshots of birds … Continue reading
Mrs Mahadevan
Both our nest boxes have now been cleaned out. Let’s hope we will have some more nesting birds this year. Many thanks to Mrs Kirk and Mrs Goodyear for helping with this tricky job! Just a reminder – if you need … Continue reading
Many of our small garden birds will have been having a tough time during the recent cold spell. You can make a big difference by putting out food for them but don’t forget they will also need water, since many … Continue reading
We have two nest boxes fitted with cameras. Our original B&W birdcam box was set up outside the Infant classroom in March 2007; this was replaced by the new Colour Infant Birdcam box in 2014. Another Colour Birdcam box was installed round the … Continue reading
During May, 8 chicks hatched in our colour birdcam box, although it was hard to see them most of the time because the nest was so feathery! During the last week in May, many of the chicks died and only … Continue reading
Three of our Great Tit chicks fledged on Sunday 31st May, unfortunately the other two chicks had died a few days previously. Videos and pictures will be added to the project blog in a few days time. … Continue reading
During April, Great Tits built a nest and laid five eggs. Incubation has started, so you can expect to see a bird on the nest most the time. Hopefully we should see our chicks hatch week commencing 11th May. (SATS … Continue reading
During April some blue tits built a nest and started laying eggs. As the eggs have been laid, they have been very carefully covered so we have few sighting of them. Six eggs were spotted on 30th April and since … Continue reading
What birds have you seen in your garden and what were they doing? Do you have any nest boxes or do you encourage birds into the garden by feeding them? What’s their favourite food? Perhaps you’ve seen some birds during … Continue reading
Blue Tits and great Tits have been visiting the box outside the Infant classroom every day and a blue tit often roosts in the box at night. Recently a pair of Tree Sparrows checked out the box, perhaps this year they … Continue reading
Up until now there hasn’t been much activity in our nest box around the back of the school near the kitchen. A couple of blue tits have been spotted investigating the box from the outside and more recently have checked … Continue reading
The warmer weather has seen the birds being a lot more active. Our B&W birdcam box has already had visits from Great Tits and Blue Tits during the day and a Blue Tit is still roosting in it at night. … Continue reading
Although still early in the season, we’ve already had quite a bit of interest in he box since it was cleaned out. We’ve had visits from great tits and blue tits and a blue tit has taken to roosting in … Continue reading
Mr Durward kindly helped me clean out our bird boxes at the end of January. He also modified them to make the cleaning job easier next year. Please comment on this post if you spot any activity in our B&W … Continue reading
Mr Durward very kindly helped me clean out the nest boxes last week and modified the boxes to make them easier to clean out in future years. If you look carefully, the colour birdcam box has markings on it which will help … Continue reading