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Moth Trapping 19/6/25

Posted on June 20, 2025 by Mrs MahadevanJune 26, 2025
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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 →

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Moth Trapping 12/5/25

Posted on May 13, 2025 by Mrs MahadevanMay 13, 2025
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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 →

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Moth trapping 29/4/25

Posted on April 30, 2025 by Mrs MahadevanApril 30, 2025
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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 →

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Moth Trapping 1/4/25

Posted on April 2, 2025 by Mrs MahadevanApril 2, 2025
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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 →

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Big Schools’ Birdwatch 2024

Posted on February 13, 2024 by Mrs MahadevanFebruary 13, 2024
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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 →

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Moth Trapping – 6th September 2021

Posted on September 9, 2021 by Mrs MahadevanSeptember 9, 2021
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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 →

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School Grounds Bioblitz 2021

Posted on July 2, 2021 by Mrs MahadevanJuly 9, 2021
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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 →

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We Have Chicks!

Posted on May 14, 2020 by Mrs MahadevanMay 27, 2020
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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 →

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Big Schools’ Birdwatch 2020

Posted on February 12, 2020 by Mrs MahadevanApril 2, 2020
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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 →

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Moth Trapping – July 14th 2019

Posted on July 15, 2019 by Mrs MahadevanJuly 17, 2019
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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 →

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Worm Detectives!

Posted on June 14, 2019 by Mrs MahadevanJune 14, 2019
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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 →

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Bird Box Clear out

Posted on January 28, 2019 by Mrs MahadevanJanuary 28, 2019
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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 →

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Growing up!

Posted on May 29, 2018 by Mrs MahadevanJune 2, 2018
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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 →

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Incubation commences

Posted on May 2, 2018 by Mrs MahadevanMay 10, 2018
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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 →

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The Battle of the Species!

Posted on April 23, 2018 by Mrs MahadevanMay 2, 2018
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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 →

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