Derbyshire Schools Birdcam Project

Bird Links! If you have found any other good websites for your children to use in school. please contact us so we can provide a link here. A number of links for web sites about Kestrels, can be found on the Kestrel Cam blog.
	Derby Cathedral Peregrine Falcon Webcam Peregrine Falcons first nested on Derby Cathedral in 2006 and raised three chicks there. Two female chicks were successfully raised in 2007 and a further four in 2008. Web cameras set up on the Cathedral enable tens of thousands of people to monitor their progress, day and night. During the 2008 breeding season the cameras and blog brought all the action and updates to a third of a million visitors. Let's hope they have another successful breeding season in 2009.
	RSPB RSPB teaching resources RSBP KIDS The RSPB web site is a wealth of information. You can also email them to ask them for advice and information.
	BTO Nest Box Challenge Take up the Nest Box Challenge and help the BTO and the BBC Breathing Places campaign to monitor the breeding success of birds in Britain's green spaces. The British Trust for Ornithology promotes bird conservation through volunteer-based surveys. Its website also includes a bird facts section which is useful for identifying birds.
	British Garden Birds A great online guide for British garden birds. Includes facts and figures for each bird, recordings of bird song and information on bird behaviour. There is also a quiz to test your identification skills.
	Wild About Britain - Bird pages Lots of information and resources on British birds, including links to facts and superstitions, news and events. The gallery section has thousands of fantastic bird photographs.
	Bird clipart A number of bird photographs which are free for you to use in school. May be useful in producing your databases or bird identification guides. Flickr is another useful resource for bird photographs - do an advanced search with the creative commons licence tag selected. WildBritArt Some beautifully drawn clipart of british wildlife including some birds. Free for educational or non-commercial use.
	The Woodland trust have two fantastic websites which support the art of phenology, the study of the times of recurring natural phenomena. The main site can be found at http://www.naturescalendar.org.uk/ and the children’s site at http://www.naturedetectives.org.uk/ . The Nature’s Calendar spring 2008 newsletter has an interesting article about the origins of phenology and one about the unusually early spring of 2007. It includes a comparison of nesting and breeding times of birds from 2001-2007.
	Big Schools' Birdwatch The Big Schools' Birdwatch is a free activity for schools throughout the UK, which runs every year in January and February. By observing the birds that visit their school grounds, young people and teachers help monitor UK bird numbers. New for 2010, 'The Little Schools Birdwatch' especially for 3-5 year olds. This is part of the RSPB web site and also has resources and activities which may be useful at other times of the year.
	BBC Springwatch Springwatch is televised in May each year. Find out the latest news on the show's dedicated web site and watch the fantastic live video webcams. The show also runs during the Autumn as "Autumnwatch".
	Stretton Handley Primary School Birdcam Use previous years' diaries and blogs to compare timings and nesting habits with your nesting birds. Watch video from the nesting stage right though to fledging in the archive gallery.

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