As part of the RSPB Big Birdwatch campaign which is held annually in January, we layered up with our winter jackets and headed out together for some data collecting!<\/p>\n
Our House Captains, Malcolm and Breagh took control of the recording sheets – whilst we were paired up and given a bird identification sheet to help us with our task.<\/p>\n
We headed off down Fisher’s Lane, reminding each other that it was super important to keep nice and quiet so that the birds weren’t frightened off! This was a challenge in itself!<\/p>\n
We spotted lots of crows, some pigeons, a few robins and some birds from the tit families too. Once at the shore, we saw some seagulls and an oyster catcher! One of the fields had a huge puddle in it, which some ducks were happily swimming in.<\/p>\n
We had a chat once back and decided that binoculars would have been a huge help to identify birds more accurately! We also wondered whether we might have seen even more if we weren’t such a large group.<\/p>\n
Looking up and around us is something we don’t always do. It’s amazing what is living around us! Can you get bird spotting in your gardens too?<\/p>\n\n\t\t