Last week, we decided to learn a bit about birds.

We wanted to know what types of birds there are in Scotland.

We looked at the RSPB website and learned about what birds we would be likely to see in our gardens. The site gave us information about the birds’ diet, where they nest and what they sound like.

As a class, we decided that it would be a good idea to feed the birds that live around the school area. As we had learned that some birds eat worms, nuts, seeds and insects, we thought it would be a good idea to have some of these foods in our feeders.

We had the choice of making a feeder from garden wire, cheerios and blueberries or one using toast, peanut butter and bird seed. Both feeders were fun to make. We even pretended that we were birds and had a taste of some of the ingredients.

Unfortunately, we forgot to invite Santa along when we were making our feeders, so the next morning, before going out to hang them up around the school, we told Santa all about our feeders. Miss Yarrow  was really impressed at all the bird facts and information we had remembered.

Finally, we got to go outside and hang up our feeders. It was up to us where to hang them. We tried to spread them out around the school and put them in places that the birds could get to. Two nosy crows watched us as we hung them up (we were sure that they were going to eat them as soon as we left!).

As we walked around, we pretended to be bird watchers. We spotted a few Blackbirds and some Seagulls. We could hear the songs  of some smaller birds too, but we couldn’t see them.

We hope the birds have enjoyed our eating from our feeders.