January

During the month of January we observed the birds in our school yard and in the park opposite our school .

During Week 1 we saw very few birds, we were able to name the blackbird, thrush and rook. There were no small birds.This was due to a lack of food. The birds we saw were picking from the ground, looking under leaves. We decided that we would feed the birds in the park and in the school playground with seeds to see if we could attract any small garden birds.

	Monday	Tuesday	Wednesday	Thursday	Friday
Blackbird	yes	yes	yes	yes	yes
Robin	yes	yes	yes	yes	yes
Song Thrush	no	yes	yes	yes	yes
Sparrow	no	no	no	yes	no
Jackdaw	yes	no	yes	no	no
Mistle Thrush	no	yes	no	yes	no
Magpie	yes	yes	yes	yes	no
Bluetit	no	no	no	yes	no
Wagtail	no	no	yes	no	no

Monday: We visited the park opposite the school to see what birds were there.We saw a blackbird, a robin and some jackdaws.

On Tuesday we placed two bird feeders in the park in the hope that we would see some small birds. We watched a blackbird picking through the leaves.

Wednesday: We placed three bags of bird food in our school yard in the hope of seeing smaller garden birds.There were lots of thrushes hopping about the park looking for food.

Thursday: We watched two robins fighting for their territory on Thursday. We watched as a blackbird ate some bread on the wall.

Weekly Observations: The weather was very cold and frosty. The robin was the most common bird. Most days we saw two or more. Also there are a lot of thrushes. There are very few small birds in the park which surprised us.

	Monday	Tuesday	Wednesday	Thursday	Friday
Blackbird	yes	yes	yes	yes	yes
Robin	yes	yes	yes	yes	yes
Song Thrush	no	yes	yes	yes	yes
Rook	no	no	yes	no	no
Mistle Thrush	no	yes	no	yes	no
Magpie	no	yes	yes	yes	no
Bluetit	yes	no	no	yes	no
Wagtail	no	no	yes	no	no
Greenfinch	no	yes	yes	yes	yes
Chaffinch	no	no	no	yes	yes

Monday: We discovered that the bird feeders in the park had been damaged and that all the food was gone. We are not sure what happened. The bags had been cut but there was no food on the ground. The jackdaws may have cut the bags to remove the food. We watched a bluetit eat from the feeder in the school yard today.

Tuesday: The weather is cold but dry. We saw lots of birds today. A greenfinch was eating from the feeder in the school yard today. There were lots of thrushes turning over leaves in the park to look for food.

Wednesday: The rooks were eating from the feeders and scaring away all other birds.A wagtail was walking around the playground. Two greenfinches came to the feeders.

Thursday:A Male chaffinch was picking from the ground under the feeder in the school yard.He has brighter plumage than the female chaffinch.

	Monday	Tuesday	Wednesday	Thursday	Friday
Blackbird	yes	yes	yes	yes	yes
Robin	yes	yes	yes	yes	yes
Song Thrush	no	yes	no	no	yes
Rook	yes	no	yes	yes	yes
Mistle Thrush	no	yes	no	yes	yes
Wood Pidgeon	no	no	yes	no	yes
Magpie	no	no	no	no	yes
Bluetit	yes	no	no	yes	no
Wagtail	no	no	yes	no	no
Greenfinch	yes	yes	yes	yes	yes
Chaffinch	no	yes	yes	yes	yes

Monday: We watched two greenfinches at our feeders.The male chaffinch had found food on the ledge underneath the feeder.

Thursday: The blue tits and greenfinches visited again. A male blackbird was hopping around on the grass under the feeder. A female blackbird visited earlier in the day and was picking through the leaves.

Friday: There were five greenfinches at our feeder today. A male chaffinch was picking on the ground underneath. There were lots of birds in the park. We watched four robins fly around. There were two pigeons, a magpie and lots of mistle thrushes also.