Winter Garden Bird Survey

Garden Bird Surveys

Each year pupils from 4^th, 5^th and 6^th classes take part in the Winter Garden Bird Survey run by BirdWatch Ireland, of which the school is a member. From December to February we have been checking what birds visit the gardens of Cobh! The pupils check their own gardens and in school we see what birds come to the school grounds. Our bird table, therefore, is a great centre of activity right through the year. At the end of February we put together all the results and the following are the Top Ten Birds that visited Cobh’s gardens since 1995.

1995\1996	1996\1997	1997\1998
Rook House Sparrow Blue Tit Blackbird Magpie Jackdaw Robin Greenfinch Long-tailed Tit Dunnock	Blue Tit Jackdaw Blackbird Magpie House Sparrow Robin Rook Starling Greenfinch Great Tit	Greenfinch Robin Starling Blue Tit Jackdaw Rook Blackbird House Sparrow Chaffinch Great Tit
1998\1999	1999\2000	2000\2001
Greenfinch Magpie Rook Jackdaw Blue Tit Blackbird Robin Chaffinch Coal Tit Great Tit	Blackbird Greenfinch Robin Rook House Sparrow Woodpigeon Magpie Starling Jackdaw Blue Tit	Rook Blue Tit Blackbird Greenfinch House Sparrow Starling Magpie Robin Jackdaw Great Tit

Garden Bird Survey 2001/2002

50 pupils took part in this year’s Garden Bird Survey. A great deal of observing of birds took place from December to the end of February both at home and in the school garden. We would like to thank the parents who helped out as well!

These are the Top Ten Birds that visited the gardens of Cobh in the school year 2001

Rook
Jackdaw
Magpie
Starling
House Sparrow
Blackbird
Blue Tit
Robin
Greenfinch
Woodpigeon

2003/2004	2004/2005	2005/2006	2006/2007	2007/2008
1. Rook	1. Blackbird	1. Blackbird	1.Starling	1. Starling
2. Starling	2. Greenfinch	2. Starling	2. Rook	2. Blackbird
3. Magpie	3. Starling	3. Jackdaw/Rook	3. Magpie	3. Robin
4. Blackbird	4. Jackdaw	4. Blue Tit	4. Jackdaw	4. Magpie
5. Robin	5. Magpie	5. Robin	5. Blue Tit	5. Woodpigeon
6. Greenfinch	6. Chaffinch	6. Magpie	6. Greenfinch	6. Blue Tit
7. Goldfinch	7. Robin	7. Greenfinch	7. Goldfinch	7. Rook
8. Jackdaw	8. Blue Tit	8. Great Tit	8. Blackbird/Hooded Crow	8. Hooded Crow
9. Blue Tit	9. Rook	9. Goldfinch	10. Great Tit	9. Goldfinch
10. Wren	10. House Sparrow	10. Wren		10. Song Thrush

Winter Garden Bird Survey 2008/2009

35 pupils from Rang a Cúig & Rang a Sé took part in the annual Winter Garden Bird Survey. This is run by BirdWatch Ireland and the school has been a member of this environmental organisation for a number of years now. We have been doing this survey since the school year 1995/96 so we have built up quite a record of the birds that visit the gardens of Cobh in that time! All this can be viewed on our school website. The Top 10 birds this year are: 1) Rook, 2) Goldfinch, 3) Robin, 4) Blackbird, 5) Starling, 6) Magpie, 7) Chaffinch & Blue Tit, 8) Great Tit, 9) Song Thrush, 10) House Sparrow. 30 species were seen altogether. Many thanks to all who helped out at home as well!

Top 10 Birds 2009/10

1.) Starling

2.) Blackbird

3.) Magpie

4.) Robin

5.) Blue-Tit

6.) Great-Tit

7.) Jackdaw, Woodpigeon, Goldfinch

8.) Rook, Song Thrush

9.) Chaffinch

10.) Hooded Crow, Collared Dove

Winter Garden Bird Survey Results 2009/10

Pupils from Rang a Cuig/Rang a Se took part in the Winter Garden Bird Survey which is run by BirdWatch Ireland. This is our 15^th year taking part in the survey and all the past results can be seen on our website – scoiliosaefnaofa.com. The pupils recorded what birds were seen in our school garden over a thirteen week period from December to the end of February. Seventeen species were seen altogether and here is our Top 10 list for this winter. 1.) Starling 2.) Blackbird 3.) Magpie 4.) Robin 5.) Blue Tit 6.) Great Tit 7.) Jackdaw, Woodpigeon, Goldfinch 8.) Rook, Song Thrush 9.) Chaffinch 10.) Hooded Crow, Collared Dove.