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Garden Bird Watch and Tally

A companion sheet — print it, scribble on it, keep it or recycle it

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What we're doing

Half an hour at the window with a tally chart and a cup of tea.

  • About 30 minutes
  • Nature
  • Outdoor

Gather these

  • Tally sheet
  • Binoculars (optional)
  • Bird ID guide

Step by step

  • Set up somewhere comfortable with a view.
  • Tally each bird you see for thirty minutes.
  • Identify what you can.
  • Draw a bar chart of the results.

Worth talking about

Bird identification
Tallying
Simple charts
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Draw what you found

There's no wrong way to fill this in

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Two things worth drawing

Tick what you did

Identification
Data collection
Charts
Tried something new
Asked a question
Finished happy

A grown-up's note

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Take it further

Three doors out of the same activity

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If it felt tricky

Tally 'birds' and 'not birds' only.

If it felt easy

Repeat at three different times and compare.

If you'd rather do it differently

Do it at a park pond or in a town square.

Next time, we could

  • Try it outdoors
  • Invite a friend or sibling
  • Stretch it over a whole week

Our own ideas