{"id":14801,"date":"2023-01-20T15:50:32","date_gmt":"2023-01-20T15:50:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/dg\/LeswaltPrimarySchool\/?p=14801"},"modified":"2023-01-28T16:29:34","modified_gmt":"2023-01-28T16:29:34","slug":"rspb-bird-spotting-at-aldouran-wetlands","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/dg\/LeswaltPrimarySchool\/2023\/01\/20\/rspb-bird-spotting-at-aldouran-wetlands\/","title":{"rendered":"RSPB Bird-spotting at Aldouran Wetlands"},"content":{"rendered":"

January sees the return of the RSPB’s Big Birdwatch campaign. So we decided to make the most of the beautifully crisp Winter’s day with a walk in the beautiful surroundings of the Aldouran Wetlands to carry out our survey.<\/p>\n

Buddying up younger pupils with older ones, we headed through the village armed with our bird-spotting sheets on clipboards. We missed the Wetlands very much while we were ‘living’ at Kirkcolm during school refurbishment so it was so good to get back – and to enjoy it in the snow was an added bonus. We also spotted the commemorative stone for our local Olympic curlers!<\/p>\n

Reminding the pupils of the need to be quiet for fearing of scaring the birds away, each pair found a spot to base themselves in and watched and listened. It is a joy to take the time to stop and just take in your surroundings and the pupils were encouraged to do exactly that.<\/p>\n

Our results were noted down using tally marks – the bird feeder stations at the Wetlands were doing a roaring trade! An average was taken of our findings and passed to Ms Whorlow who co-ordinates our Eco work. Safe to say we have a very healthy bird population in our local area. After all, who wouldn’t want to live here?!<\/p>\n

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