Olney Infant Academy.
On Friday 5th December I was joined by eight Eco-Warriers from Olney Infant Academy, and their teacher Mrs Lukic, with the objective of replacing seven nest boxes at the Academy.Box History.
Putting nest boxes up at the Academy was the idea of the late Mrs Ann Murtagh, a former teacher and leader of the Forest School. The initial boxes were built with the help of the Olny Scouts and placed on various trees in 2021.The boxes have been monitored every year since and to-date a total of twenty-three Blue Tit and three Great Tit nestlings have been ringed.
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| Nest Box 6 in 2023 |
Replacements,
The Eco-Warriers helped with measuring the distance of the nest box hole to the ground, and finding the orientation of the nest box entrance. These measurements, along with the type of tree the box has been placed on, are taken to see if birds have any preference for the height of a nest box and/or the direction that the entrance holes faces. |
| Eco_Warriers help replace a nest box |
The pupils.
The Eco-Warriers were very knowledgeable about the wildlife to be found within the Academy grounds and they were interested to learn what may nest in the boxes and how many eggs may be laid. Let's hope that the new boxes prove acceptable and that next year I can show the Eco-Warriers how we ring nestlings.Olney Infant Academy has been awarded Eco-School status for the last three years.
Olney Infant Academy
