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Bug Hotels , Turkey Tails and Spring Flowers.

Turkey Tail mushrooms growing on a tree stump.

Tree stumps make excellent bug hotels, as well as providing a great place for fungi to grow. Check out these fungi on one of our tree stumps: the fungus is called Turkey Tails and you can see why.

Red Dead Nettle. Find it growing beside the flagpoles.

Now at the end of February, we can see the return of the wildflowers. So when you are out in the yard, see if you can spot these early flowers: daisies, dandelions, red dead nettle (they do not sting) and celandines. And remember flowers are food for bees and other early pollinators, so Leave the flowers be and save a Bee (or 3).

The native trees in our wild corners will be budding soon. In the meantime, here are some daffodils to enjoy in our wild corners.

Wild corner nr 2, at the east end of the school grounds, with Rowan and Hazel saplings and daffodils. planted with the aid of Gordon Young , Tidy Towns committee.

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2nd Class: Expert Birdwatchers!

We have been observing and identifying the birds that land on the yard outside our classroom for the past few months. We filled in our observations on the Irish Garden Bird Survey. Then today, there was huge excitement when 2 Blue Tits and 2 Goldfinches visited our new peanut feeder at the bird feeding station outside our window! The birds were too fast for Miss to capture them on camera.