1. BIRDS IN OUR SCHOOL YARD

2.  Most robins live for less than 2 years.  The robin is one of Irelands favourite birds.  The robin stays in Ireland all year round.  A robin has a red and orange breast and face.  juveniles have no orange tint.

3.  The blue tit is the only tit with bright blue in it’s plumage.  The blue tit is a small passerine bird in the tit family.  Blue tit’s are common throughout Ireland with 1,0000 breeding pairs.  The bird is easily recognisable by its blue and yellow plumage.  Young birds are a dull yellow and green are easily confused with warblets.

4.  You can find chaffinches in gardens.  You often see chaffinches in flocks.  Chaffinches are 15 cm long.  The chaffinch is common in Ireland and Europe.  In Kerry oak woods was found to be the most abundant species.

5.  The female blackbird is not black.  The male blackbird is totally black.  Blackbird’s eat fruit’s / berries / earthworms and insect’s.  In winter blackbird’s population’s increase’s with the arrival of bird’s from Europe.  The blackbird is one of our most familiar garden bird’s.

6.  The great tit is the biggest and strongest tit.  The great tit is the is a handsome bird.  The head and neck are glossy black the cheeks are a brillent white and a brad black extends down the centre of the under parts.  During this time tits Furquntly band together in roaming flocks.  The great is 14 cm long.

7.  You can find green finches in gardens especially in winter.  Green finches feed on plants.  The green finch has a bulky body and a stout bill.  You likely see the green finch in nests were there are trees and bushes.  Green finches are 15 cm long.

8.  Female gold finches nests are made from bushes and trees.  A group of gold finches are called charm of gold finches.  The male gold finches nest is made from moss / grass and wool.  When a male wants to attract a female he shows off the band of gold on his wings

9.  The song thrush is brown with a spotted chest.  Its smaller size and unform upper parts as well as its warmer buff of its breast.  The song thrush is as widely disdurbe the throughout Ireland as the blackbird.  Many Scottish and northern English bred birds migrate to Ireland in October and November.

10.  Rooks are glossy black with a slender greyeah bill.  They are an integral part of the Irish agrical landacab.  Rooks are extrimaly socibaly and highly greyrious.  Their buliky turg nest are built in treetumpys.  A rook is 46 cm long.

11.  The house sparrow is one of the most familiar birds.  Males have a dark grey crown.  The hen is brown with a streaked back.  The house sparrow is 14-15 cm long.  The house sparrow came to Ireland about 6000 years ago.