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At Chandlings we are very lucky to have extensive grounds providing different habitats for plenty of wildlife.
We also have a pontoon, a birdhide and a wildlife camera giving us many opportunities to see the animals around our school. Many thanks to the Year 6 leavers 2020 for their birdbox with live video footage.
Wildlife Camera
Wildlife Camera
So far the wildlife camera has been placed on each of the year group trees, in the rounders shed, by a hedge, on the pontoon, by a hole in a fence, on the bird hide and by the edge of the far pond. Below are the animals that we have luckily managed to capture footage of at Chandlings.
Let me know if you have any good ideas of where to put the camera next!
Birdhide
Birdhide
When the children are quiet they have managed to see:
Pontoon
Pontoon
Mrs Biggs has been lucky enough to see a snake swimming across the pond. There have been many species seen and identified at the pontoon including:
Bluebell wood
Bluebell wood
A couple of slow worms have been spotted around the grounds. The one in the picture below was seen by Mr Foster in the Bluebell woods.
thames water freshwater pollution
thames water freshwater pollution
Year 3 and Year 5 took part in a citizen science programme to see if the ponds were polluted with sulphates or nitrates. Luckily, they found out that the ponds are free from pollution providing a safe habitat for the living things.
Crayfish
Crayfish
Dr Henry Bennet Clarke, an expert on Crayfish in the Thames Valley, visited Chandlings to see if Signal Crayfish were present in our ponds. He laid some traps with the eco-committee. Sadly, Crayfish were not present but we caught some water beetles. Luckily, Dr Bennet Clarke brought in some Signal Crayfish for us to look at and we learnt about invasive species.
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