{"id":11823,"date":"2022-01-14T14:14:24","date_gmt":"2022-01-14T14:14:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/dg\/LeswaltPrimarySchool\/?p=11823"},"modified":"2022-01-14T14:14:24","modified_gmt":"2022-01-14T14:14:24","slug":"the-big-rspb-birdwatch-leswalt-go-spotting","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/dg\/LeswaltPrimarySchool\/2022\/01\/14\/the-big-rspb-birdwatch-leswalt-go-spotting\/","title":{"rendered":"The Big RSPB Birdwatch – Leswalt go spotting!"},"content":{"rendered":"

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