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Window bird watch

Crumbs on the sill, a tally chart, and twenty minutes of quiet.

  • Indoors
  • 15 minutes
  • Calm
  • Free
  • Ages 3–12

What you need

  • Bread or seed
  • Paper for a tally
  • Binoculars if you have them

How to run it

  1. Put food out and wait ten minutes before watching.
  2. Everyone whispers.
  3. Tally what turns up and compare tomorrow.

Making it work for every age

Younger children: They point and name colours; you keep the tally.

Older children: They identify species with an app and log the results over a week.

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