Woodland walks to spot birds and squirrels.

Following the strong winds we found a big tree that had fallen. We tried to guess how old the tree was by counting the rings inside the trunk.

The huge hole left it left after fallen amazed the children. It gave us the opportunity to discuss the roots and how a tree survives.

“It drinks the water”

Within the playroom we set up a bird watching table with binoculars, pens, paper and an RSPB identification checklist.

“Look! A pigeon”

“Wow that’s a magpie”  Adult- ” how do you know it is a magpie?” ” black and white”

Some of the children made small hanging bird feeders using cheerios and tie-wraps. Outside the children placed a big tray of bird seed to attract the birds to come closer to the playroom window.

Even the play dough table took flight as the children added feathers, conkers and pebbles to make various birds.

We even weighed the bird seed before filling the feeders. “It’s a hundred heavy”