Feeding the birds

On Wednesday 24th November, Sue Whitworth from RSPB came to show us how to make bird food so that we can help our feathered friends to survive in the cold winter weather.

For the food balls we needed some lard, seeds, dried fruit and even some porridge oats!
We squeezed it all together and moulded it into balls.
Next we added a perch made out of twigs and some string to hang them up by.
We will hang them among the trees in the playground after they have hardened a bit in the fridge.

We also made some 'worms'! Mrs Whitworth mixed some wholemeal flour, suet and water together to make a sort of dough.

We rolled little bits into worm shapes for the birds to pick up from the ground.

We looked at pictures of the types of birds we will be helping and learned that some birds don't like to eat from tables but prefer to pick their food from the ground.
We hope the birds will enjoy their treats!