Our college is lucky to have a small patch of woodland on site.  We have worked to encourage wildlife into the woods by removing nettles and brambles which had overtaken a large area of the woodland.  Now that it has been cleared, we hope that other woodland plants can flourish.  We also made some bird boxes and put them up in the woods.  We will monitor them for use.

We’ve also made some feeding stations to put up in different areas of the college.  We used old yoghurt pots and bottles to fill with bird cakes that we make ourselves.   They look a little strange, but the birds appreciate them!

Our next project is setting up an Easter treasure hunt for the …

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We have placed 5 new bird nesting boxes in our school garden. One has a webcam connected to our interactive whiteboard, so if birds use the boxes, as we hope, the whole school will enjoy watching them. We made sure the boxes didn’t face south in case they get too hot for the birds in the summer, but also carefully placed them out of the prevailing wind. We have also put new bird feeders in several places hoping to attract the birds to nest in the bird boxes.