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RSPB Little Schools’ Birdwatch at Hurst Lodge School

Littlehurst Nursery, which is based at Hurst Lodge School, Ascot has been taking part in the RSPB Little Schools’ Birdwatch. It is designed to educate and inspire three- to five-year olds about the birds that share their outdoor space and links well to the Early Years Curriculum. Young children have a natural curiosity in the world around them, so we used our outdoor area to hopefully spark a lifelong interest in nature and wildlife!
To encourage the birds into their playground the children made some bird seed cake. They enjoyed rolling their sleeves up, mixing the lard and seed together, then pushing and squeezing the mixture into pots before hanging them outside.
The children then watched the birds that came to visit and recorded their findings by putting a picture of each species of bird seen into a box.

The first hour brought along a number of blue tits, wood pigeons and rooks.

Everyone who took part thoroughly enjoyed the experience and the children loved to see how their efforts had attracted the wildlife.