Bird of the Day - 2 Robins

First day back at school today and our feeders were all empty! I filled them up again but it looked like the birds had forgotten about us at Birdwathcing Club at playtime when we saw only 1 wood pigeon and a pair of collared doves. By lunchtime however, the birds were back! We spotted:

1 coal tit

1 dunnock

1 great tit

1 wood pigeon

and bird of the day - 2 robins



 Robins don't normally get along and can be very territorial so we were lucky to see two in our garden.

The children were very keen to know today how many birds I have seen ever and how I know so much about birds. Well the answer is I have seen over 200 different types of bird so far (and still counting!) and I found out about birds from reading books and going on the internet, but mostly just from taking time to look for birds in my garden and at the park and to learn what they were. That is why birdwatching is such a great hobby and you never stop learning new things about birds!

Until next time

Mrs Longmoor

Birds of the Day - Dunnock and Greenfinch

Birds spotted in our wildlife garden today were:

1 Robin
1 Blue Tit
1 Blackbird
2 Pigeons
1 Wren
1 Great Tit
1 Coal Tit
1 Chaffinch
1 Goldfinch

and chosen as the best birds of the day were a poor little dunnock who got chased by the bossy robin and my own favourite - a pair of greenfinches.

Until next time

Mrs Longmoor

It's a Waxwing Winter @ Parklands

We had a really special treat this week at school when a flock of around 50 waxwings decided to visit our school to eat some of the red berries on our trees. These are a rare bird from Scandinavia that sometimes winters in this country. These birds were in the trees outside Class 6 so a massive thank you to Mrs Kilarski for interrupting her maths lesson to let her class have a look at these beautiful birds. Quite rightly - Waxwing was our Bird of the Day!

As if that wasn't enough, birdwatching club in the wildlife garden also recorded these birds on our feeders:
6 chaffinches
1 coal tit
1 great tit
1 robin
1 blue tit
1 pigeon
1 goldfinch

Let me know if you see any Waxwings around

Mrs Longmoor

Parklands wins 2 gardening prizes

Parklands has done very well and won two prizes for our gardens - 2nd best school garden and 2nd tallest sunflower - here are the certificates we were awarded. We should be very proud of ourselves!

Reuse and help birds!

Have a look at this brilliant idea by Mrs Nassau - reuse a plastic bottle and some wooden spoons and make a lovely bird feeder!

Switch Off Fortnight

It is now Switch Off Fortnight which is a time when we really focus on saving electricity by switching off any lights and appliances not in use - and it saves money as well as the environment!

BOTD - Goldfinches and a Goldcrest

Plenty of lovely birds in our wildlife garden today. These are what the children spotted:

A dunnock
Several blackbirds
Lots of wood pigeons
2 blue tits
1 Robin
1 Wren
Lots of crows flying over

but best of the day were 2 goldfinches who visited our sunflower hearts and a brand new bird for our garden - A Goldcrest!

This is the smallest bird we get in the UK - can you see his bright yellow stripe on his head?

Also keep an eye out for a special winter visitor - flocks of Waxwings have been spotted around Long Eaton this week - they love red berries and I would love to hear if you see some of these punky birds!

Until next week
Mrs Longmoor