Bird watch

 

ROBIN

With its bright red breast the robin is familiar throughout the year and especially at Christmas. Males and females look identical, and young birds have no red breast. Robins eat worms, seeds, fruits and insects.

 

 

 

TREE CREEPER

A Tree Creeper is very small, very active, bird that lives in trees. It has a long, slender, down curved bill. It is brown above and mainly white below. The tree creeper eats insects and spiders. You can spot it spiralling up the tree looking for food.

 

 

 

BUZZARD

Now the most common and widespread bird of prey in the UK. The buzzard is quite large with broad, rounded wings and a short neck and tail. It eats small mammals, birds and earthworms

 

 

 

 

MAGPIE

Magpies are distinctive because of their black and white feathers; they also have patches of blue and green.

Their diet consists of berries and other fruit, they also eat dead animals .They are attracted to shiny things like phones and jewellery, they’re fast so they can take them without getting hurt.

 

GREAT TIT

The Great Tit is the largest of its type in the UK and distinctive two syllable song .It is adapted to man-made habitats. The family that they come from are called Paridae, its scientific name is Parus Major. They eat insects, seeds and nuts.

 

 

 

BLACKBIRD

Female Blackbirds are often brown with spots and streaks on their breasts; they are the most common birds in UK. The Blackbirds eat insects, worms and berries .Blackbirds are found everywhere in gardens and countryside and from coasts to hills although not on the highest peaks.