Check out this themepage which presents activites on migrating birds and perhaps trace the supergoose as it migrates from Ireland. This ties in with SESE Science and Geography at primary level.


MIGRANT BIRDS

Migration
Why do birds do it? Where do they go? Great Migration Route Map!

Travelling Minstrels
Some of the birds coming to Ireland have great tunes.

Birds & Sunsets
So how do birds actually find their way?

How do they do it?
Encyclopaedia Britannica article. Only visible in schools.

Spring Alive
Add your sightings of the swallow, cuckoo, swift and stork and then check the sightings in other countries.

 IDENTIFYING BIRDS

Rook's Binocular Game
Can you identify each bird.

By Sound
Know the singer & the song.

Birds A to Z
See them and listen to them. Great!

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

AROUND IRELAND

Jim Wilson's Guide to Garden Choose from 20 different birds.

Pick your favourite!
Robin, balckbird & blue tit.
Golden Eagle
Yes it's back in Ireland!

Dublin Bay
Lists of birds seen in the bay.


 

ECARDS & ACTIVITIES

  Greeting Cards
Pond Activities
  Webcam: Scottish Seabirds
Watch the Mooneycam




   

TEACHERS

Supergoose
Follow the brent geese as they migrate from Ireland.

Lesson Plan
Basic plan on bird migration.

Irish Times Birds Supplement
Great souce of info for Ireland. Packed full of material.
   
Blank World Map
Get the pupils to track bird migration. (pdf)


Arctic Terns: North to South 
Map the bird's migration route and reasons for migration.

Consider a project
Scoil Íosaef Naofa, Cobh embarks on an international project tracking the Black tailed Godwit.