A GROUP of five Year 7 students took part in The Big Schools’ Birdwatch organised by the RSPB today, February 9, 2017.

The survey is being hailed as the World’s biggest wildlife survey with thousands of schoolchildren taking part up and down the country.

Today Albert, Christian, Shayne, Agin and Johannes got close to nature as they went over to the beautiful, Victorian West Ham Park with the Headteacher and Mrs Racon and Ms Skelton to collect data.

Once over in the park, the boys split up into groups and made tally charts of the different birds they saw in the trees, bushes and on the ground. 

They saw a variety of birds including robins, great tits, pigeons, blackbirds, goldfinch, magpies, rooks and parakeets. 

It was a bitterly cold morning but the boys enjoyed the experience.

The results have been collated and sent off to the RSPB. 

Mr Halliwell added: ” This was a great way to engage our students with wildlife and they were really keen to help out. They counted birds who count on us for their survival and this was a fantastic lesson for them to learn.”