A bird (box) in the hand
Post categories: birds,Ìýconservation,Ìýwildlife
| 14:11 UK time, Friday, 12 November 2010
Birds in schools across Newport will be offered new homes this winter but they won't get their heating bills paid for! ;)
Children in 15 local primary schools are busy building nest boxes where wrens, robins and blue tits can huddle together for warmth during the cold winter months.
Nest boxes play an important part in winter survival for many of our garden birds so don't disturb or move the boxes and leave any the old nests and leaves inside as they provide nice warmth for the birds.
A team from the Gwent Wildlife Trust show local schoolchildren how to make a bird box.
Hopefully then in spring, the birds will return to nest and rear their young in the same bird boxes although I'm not sure what the 'pecking order' is...
Newport City Council Biodiversity in Schools Officer, Natalie Waller, will be visiting schools with volunteers from over the next few weeks.
Natalie said "Having built the boxes, the children can then watch them being used and follow the habits of garden birds, which are such an important natural feature in urban areas."
Building bird boxes is just one aspect of Newport's Biodiversity in Schools scheme. There are also projects to plant trees and wild flowers that will attract birds and butterflies to school grounds.
Log circles will also be created as outdoor classrooms and 'bug hotels' and log piles provide a rich habitat for all kinds of insects.
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