A few of the girls wrote a report about our birdwatching day. They wrote the report at home and then e-mailed them to me. We also took some photos during the day. I think they're so great that I wanted to share them with you.
Ms McHale.
Reporter 1: Amber K
Today walking down the park was interesting.
Because we seen a new swan the egyiption swan that we never seen before.
We saw loads of seagulls some mallard ducks.
Some of us saw black birds,Hooded Crow,rook. Some of us did see them birds some of us didn't.
Then we sketched two birds and we were suppose to take down what birds we saw as well that was really fun. We took our
- cameras
- binoculars
- pencil's and rubber's
- bird watching note books
- with our camera's we zoomed in to take a better look at the birds
- with our binouculars we looked in them to see if we saw birds
- with our bird watching notebooks we took down what birds we saw where they m/f and the last one was to count how many we saw
thats interesting
so i really love to see more birds/ducks down parks,fields,front gardens anywhere at all.
thats all i wanted to say
Bye!!!!!!
Reporter 2: Tarryn
Today the (14 of February) 4th class went to Dargle Park in Bray to do some birdwatching. It was a bright sunny morning and the birds were happily chirping. We saw lots of different birds like the Seagull, Rook, Egyptian swan, Blackbird and Mallard duck. It was a very enjoyable outing and I was excited to see the Egyptian Swan.
Back at school, 3rd class joined us for bird watching from our classroom window where they saw a Coal Tit, a Blackbird and a Robin.
During the afternoon 4th class went to Senior Infants. We were each given a Senior Infants pupil to mind. We went outside around the school looking for signs of spring. We had to work from a sheet that my teacher, Ms McHale, gave to us to help us find the signs of spring. We saw buds, daffodil shoots, little baby leaves on the trees and new bushes. I had a lovely day at school today.
Reporter 3: Naoimi
On monday we went to the park to have a look at birds .We saw rooks,sea gulls,mallerd ducks and an egyptian swan.We had never seen an egyptian swan before so it was very interesting and exciting! When we came back 3rd class came in to our class to look out the window for birds with us. We saw a great tit,a robin and a hooded crow. When we came in from yard we went on a nature walk with senior infants. We each got a partner and went to look for birds and signs of nature.We saw a hooded crow and a few sea gulls flying by.
It was really an exciting day!
Reporter 4: Sophie
Today we went to the park . We fed the birds bread in the peoples park which is in Bray . When we threw out the bread on the grass, suddenly seagulls, crows and rooks came gliding down . There was so many birds flying that you could hardly see a thing it was even difficult to see the sky. When we were finished feeding the bird's we sketched the birds that we had seen in our note book. I really enjoyed doing this.
While we were gone to feed the birds and take some photo's third class were using our class room to do some bird watching of their own.
Later on that day my class mates and I brought the senior infants class out around the school grounds for a spring walk. We tried to explain to them some of the signs of spring such as buds on the trees and shoots from flowers.
Reporter 5: Natalia B
Today was my favorite day in Ireland. The sun was shining, it was a little cold and warm wind was blowing. I am with my class went to the park. I saw the Egyptian swan. I saw a very nice birds. I saw rooks, blackbirds, gulls and ducks. We took pictures of all the birds we've seen. Then we went to the playground, it was very good. It was a really nice day.
Courtney brought her pet cockatiels in to visit the class. She told us all about the birds and explained how she takes care of them. Afterwards we wrote short reports about the cockatiels. It was a really interesting visit. Thanks Courtney.
When they arrived we broke the class into two small groups. We gave them binoculars so they could see all the birds outside the classroom window. Five of us were asked to be window-watchers so we could point out different birds to them. They loved looking out the window and they got really good at seeing the birds and finding them on the bird identification posters. 
Today Megan and Lauren brought their pet canaries, Bono and Joey, to visit the school. They visited 4th class, senior infants,1st class and 3rd class.
After that they went to 1st class for a visit. It was a great suprise for first class because they did not know they were coming. Again they explained to them everything they knew they really enjoyed it. 1st class are going to write a report on the canary. We can add that on to the website. 
Ms Hayes, one of the wonderful teachers in our school, came to our class on Friday afternoon to join us for some birdwatching. Ms Hayes used to be a member of Birdwatch Ireland, and she knows alot about birds. She brought a beautiful calendar with her which was full of amazing photos. She talked to us about the things we should look out for when we're trying to identify birds.
