Big Schools Birdwatch What is the Big Schools Birdwatch It counts all the birds coming into the grounds over a short time Lists the different kinds of birds coming to grounds in that time Tells us if some kinds of birds visit more than they used to do or less than they used to do ID: 611700
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What is the Big Schools Birdwatch?
It counts all the birds coming into the grounds over a short time
Lists the different kinds of birds coming to grounds in that time
Tells us if some kinds of birds visit more than they used to do, or less than they used to do Slide3
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Getting birds to visit your school -
Give them food And shelter Slide4
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Some kinds of food
Mealworms
Fatballs
Peanuts Seed
Also bread, and kitchen waste such as fat Slide5
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And now for the birds…………what is that one in the grounds? Slide6
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If it is very, very cold you might see…
Redwing
– eats insects, worms,
Fieldfare – eats snails, worms
, berries insects
, berries, seeds
lls
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Sparrows – eat seed,
fatballs
, peanuts - two kinds of Sparrow to look for
House Sparrow
Tree Sparrow
Male Female
Male and female look the same
Grey at front of head All brown headSlide8
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Pigeons and doves – eat seeds (and bread!)
Town (or feral) pigeon
Woodpigeon Collared DoveSlide9
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Colourful finches – most eat seeds and parts of plants
Bullfinch
Chaffinch Greenfinch
Goldfinch
Females of the Bulfinch, Chaffinch and Greenfinch are not as colourful as the males in the photos aboveSlide10
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Blackbird and Song Thrush – eat most things (e.g. seed, insects, worms, berries, molluscs (snails))
Blackbird (female)
Blackbird (male) Song ThrushSlide11
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Tits – eat insects, peanuts, and seeds
Coal Tit
Long-tailed Tit
Blue Tit
Great TitSlide12
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Four kinds of ‘crows’ – most will eat anything!
Magpie
Carrion Crow Jackdaw
Rook
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And some others……..
Dunnock
Starling
Wren
Great-spotted
Woodpecker
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And just maybe there may be a visit from ….
Sparrowhawk
– eats small or middle size birds Slide15
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And lastly….