An unusual tale...

On Sunday I saw baby ducks and the Mammy, and I saw a HERON.  But the HERON was trying to take the baby ducks, so the mammy duck jumped on the herons back.  She got the baby ducks back.  The baby ducks swam under the bush.  Then I saw the heron sitting on the wall and it just started to stare at them, but the mammy was protecting the babies.  I couldn't see the rest and I had to go home :(

But it was very INTERESTING!!!!!!!!!!


By:Amber Kenna !!!

A Poem from Lauren and MoreBlessing

Birds Poem

                                                  birds are funny
                                                  birds are cute
                                                  birds like to have a little tut 
                                                  lisen to the birds keep your ears open
                                                   birds like to sing like a flute
                                                   always remeber to keep quite when your birdwatching
                                                   it is very important  tut,tut,tut.


by MoreBlessing and Laurenxx

Wagtail

Wagtails are flying birds. Male wagtails are black above and white below. Female wagtails are grey and white. Young wagtails are brownish grey with black breast band.

They drink water and eat worms, flies, other insects and bread.

Wagtails can be found in towns and gardens, on farmland and near water. Wagtails are usually found on the ground. Wagtails run along the ground.  They have long tails and they bob them.

 By Natalia and Shannon

Magpie

  By Louise, Hannah and Amber

They magpie is a common member of the crow family.  They are a common garden bird in Ireland and can be often seen on roofs of houses, in the park, in woods or in forests. 

The magpie is a distinctive, noisy, black, white and bird with a long tail.  At close range the black patches show green and purple iridescent gloss.   The   magpie is around forty-five cm long.  A mature magpie weighs around 200-250 grams.

The magpie eats young birds or small birds such as robins, tits, wrens, and finches or eggs of other birds and rarely insects.  They also eat berries, fruit, nuts, peas, grain, even large table scraps.  Like other crows the magpie often buries surplus food to eat later on.

Juvenile magpies leave the nest at three or four weeks old.  Its call is noisy and completely distinctive.  Chacha chacha chack is the magpie's song call. 

Magpies are often seen in pairs or small groups.  They like to bury shiny, metal objects and along with the jackdaw has a largely reputation as a jewel thief.

Birds of Bray in the media

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Birds of Bray in the media.

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Birds of Bray Logo

Hello ladies,
Our project has been a great success so far, but as we will be entering the World Partners in Learning Forum in November, we now need to think of ways to extend our project and to include other members of the community.

The first step is to create a logo for our project.  If we're writing to people it would be lovely to have a logo attached to our letters. 
This logo could also be used on book marks, posters and maybe we could even create a calendar...

Let's get our thinking caps on and try to come up with some ideas for how we can expand our project, but also I'd like you all to start thinking of a suitable logo for the project.

Thinking caps on!!!