Giving wildlife homes in our school grounds!
This school year has been great for getting wildlife into our school grounds.
We recorded an increase in the numbers of birds and different species of birds as we undertook the Big Schools Bird watch in February. This is down to setting up a bird feeding area and making sure that we provide food throughout the year.
We were so excited to see a family of blue tits use a bird box that we had put up in the spring. Check out the video of mummy and daddy birds feeding their young.
We were also very surprised and excited to uncover a nest of shrews who had made their home in the wooden building at the back of the playground. It shows us that all the different things that we are doing to make the playground more interesting will bring wildlife that we can watch and understand.
We can still do more!
Club Wild have been thinking of all the habitats that we have within the school grounds and writing our own Biodiversity Action Plan to increase the variety of animal and plant species. We started this by making habitat heaps, a log pile and a rock pile. With these we hope to attract newts, toads and frogs, spiders and other insects. We will probably see birds looking in our heaps for food too.
What an exciting year for all of us in Club Wild! We look forward to coming back after the summer holidays and giving more species homes in our school.
Club Wild, Mrs Young & Sarah-Jane
