Garden Bird Surveys

Each year pupils from 4th, 5th and 6th 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
  1. Rook
  2. House Sparrow
  3. Blue Tit
  4. Blackbird
  5. Magpie
  6. Jackdaw
  7. Robin
  8. Greenfinch
  9. Long-tailed Tit
  10. Dunnock
    11.
  1. Blue Tit
  2. Jackdaw
  3. Blackbird
  4. Magpie
  5. House Sparrow
  6. Robin
  7. Rook
  8. Starling
  9. Greenfinch
  10. Great Tit
    11.
  1. Greenfinch
  2. Robin
  3. Starling
  4. Blue Tit
  5. Jackdaw
  6. Rook
  7. Blackbird
  8. House Sparrow
  9. Chaffinch
  10. Great Tit
    11.

1998\1999

1999\2000

2000\2001
  1. Greenfinch
  2. Magpie
  3. Rook
  4. Jackdaw
  5. Blue Tit
  6. Blackbird
  7. Robin
  8. Chaffinch
  9. Coal Tit
  10. Great Tit
    11.
  1. Blackbird
  2. Greenfinch
  3. Robin
  4. Rook
  5. House Sparrow
  6. Woodpigeon
  7. Magpie
  8. Starling
  9. Jackdaw
  10. Blue Tit
    11.
  1. Rook
  2. Blue Tit
  3. Blackbird
  4. Greenfinch
  5. House Sparrow
  6. Starling
  7. Magpie
  8. Robin
  9. Jackdaw
  10. Great Tit
    11.
 

 

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

  1. Rook
  2. Jackdaw
  3. Magpie
  4. Starling
  5. House Sparrow
  6. Blackbird
  7. Blue Tit
  8. Robin
  9. Greenfinch
  10. 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 2010/2011

Pupils from Rang a Cúig took part in this year’s Winter Garden Bird Survey. It involved recording the birds seen in the school garden and their home gardens from December to the end of February. This survey is run by BirdWatch Ireland of which the school is a member. We have been taking part in this survey since 1995 and all our results can be seen on our website www.scoiliosaefnaofa.com. At the end of each week all the observations were tabulated and sent in online to BirdWatch Ireland. Many thanks to those at home who helped out as well. 29 species were seen altogether during the survey. Here are the Top 10 birds that visited the gardens of Cobh this past winter – 1) Starling 2) Rook 3) Blackbird 4) Magpie 5) Woodpigeon 6) Song Thrush 7) Robin 8) Goldfinch 9) Coal Tit & Blue Tit 10) Pied Wagtail. Well done to all the pupils who took part.

Winter Garden Bird Survey 2012/13

Pupils from Mr. McSweeney’s Rang a Ceathair/a Cúig took part in this year’s Winter Garden Bird Survey. It involved recording what birds visited the school garden and their own gardens at home over the winter. This survey is run by BirdWatch Ireland of which the school is a member. We have been taking part in this survey since 1995 and all our results can be seen on our school website at scoiliosaefnaofa.com. Here are the Top 10 birds that visited the school garden this year - 1) Starling, 2) Rook, 3) Blackbird, 4) Magpie, 5) Blue Tit, 6) Chaffinch, 7) Jackdaw, 8) Woodpigeon, 9) Robin, 10) Greenfinch.