If you have been following us this year, or previous years, you know we are aiming to take part in the RSPB Big Garden Bird watch.
A lot of schools participate in this; this is actually how I knew of it. If you want to join in then it is aimed to this weekend (between the 28th and 30th)
A couple of weeks ago we made some pine cone bird feeders which have been a great success; in fact we have had to make these again!
Because we want to entice as many birds into the garden we thought we would come up with another way to feed them. We had noticed that Emily over at Twin Mummy and Daddy had made a variety of feeders with her girls and one being a milk bottle type so we thought we would give it a try!
Materials
Milk Bottles
String
Selection of bird food
Scissors
We used:
Wild bird seed
Sunflower seed
Mealworm
The boys started off by cutting to slits into the side of the bottle.
With the slits cut into the sides they used the scissors to cut from top to bottom.
There should be a gap within the bottom but not too far to cut the bottoms off. This should give enough space to put food and then a ridge for birds to sit.
Using string the boys created a hoop and then tied a knot to allow them to hang.
As we had 3 types of birdseed and 3 milk bottles the boys decided to have a different type in each rather than 3 mixed.
Wild bird seed
Sunflower seeds and the third Mealworm
The boys made sure that they were quite full.
They then took them outside and hung them off of the fence panels.
Each bottle was then hung and moved so they were forward facing with easy access.
This is a great activity to do and really quite simple that most primary school aged children can do this with ease!
This, with the addition of the pine cones, means that we are ready to have lots of birds visiting our garden. Hopefully this will mean that we can record lots and contribute to the RSPB activity.
What do you think? Will you give these a go? Are you taking part in the Big Garden Bird watch?
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