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Some warm nights were forecasted for this week, so we decided to set up the moth trap on the 19th June. We weren’t disappointed, there were over 100 moths and 46 different species. We had 7 new species: Grey Tortrix … Continue reading
Category Archives: School wildlife
The moth trap was emptied by year 3,4 & 5 at the start of our bioblitz even on the morning of 13th May. We recorded 13 moths of 10 different species: Streamer 1, Mottled pug 1, Pale Tussock 3, Brimstone … Continue reading
Thank you to the early drop off children who helped me empty the moth trap this morning. We recorded 20 moths of 15 different species. We added 4 new moths to the species list for the school grounds: Coronet, Purple … Continue reading
A moth trap was set up in the learning garden on 1st April and emptied the following morning. 9 moths of 4 different species were recorded as follows: 4 Common Quaker, 2 Clouded Drab, 1 Early Grey and 2 Hebrew … Continue reading
Kingfisher Class took part in this year’s Big Schools’ Birdwatch on Tuesday 13th February. We counted the number of birds seen for each species during a one hour period. We recorded 83 birds of 17 species. Nearly half of these … Continue reading
The moth trap was set up after school on 6th September near the bird hide and emptied the following morning by Kingfisher Class. Many moths will have escaped because of the warm temperatures and no attempt was made to count … Continue reading
During the course of the week commencing 28th June, Junior children carried out a bioblitz of the school grounds, recording as many plants and animals they could find. A full list can be found here – Bioblitz 2021. Here are some … Continue reading
The Blue tits in the colour birdcam box near the kitchen appear to have given up building their nest and the camera went offline on May 1st. However, today I spotted Blue tits making frequent visits to our other birdcam … Continue reading
Before Half term, children from Woodpecker and Peregrine class took part in the Big Schools’ Birdwatch. Over two one-hour sessions, we saw a total of 137 birds and 16 different species. We were lucky to have a flock of 45 … Continue reading
A moth trap was set up in the school garden on the evening of July 14th and emptied by Peregrine Class the following Morning. We trapped 50 moths of 20 different species. We identified the following 17 species: 10 Common … Continue reading
This year BBC Springwatch teamed up with the British Trust for Ornithology and the Open University for their biggest citizen science project ever – Gardenwatch. The aim of this project is to map the resources available for wildlife in gardens … Continue reading
Thank you Mr Marriot for helping to clear out the school’s bird boxes today. Three of the seven boxes cleared out had full nests in and evidence of having had chicks in them. These were the car park box, the … Continue reading
The first chick hatched at lunchtime on 14th May and continued hatching until the following day. Now, two weeks on, we can see clearly that there are 10 chicks with clear Blue tit markings and colouring on their feathers. The … Continue reading
The female has continued to lay an egg every day since the 23rd April, when one egg was seen. It is hard to see how many eggs there are because they are mostly covered up during the day and the … Continue reading
The Blue tits have completed their nest and at least one egg has been laid. However, since yesterday, a wasp has started building a nest on the camera lens. We removed the residue from the lens this morning but it … Continue reading