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Ashleworth Ham

On Saturday I went to Ashleworth Ham to go bird spotting. A ham is an area of low lying water. Ashleworth ham is a Site of Special Scientific Interest because it is one of three sites in the area where waterfowl birds come for the winter.

We waited in a hide with our binoculars to look at the birds. We saw Canada Geese, Widgeons, pintail, mallards and shovelers.

We went to an outside hide as well and went behind a wooden wall with gaps in it. I saw a robin just 5 yards away which I fed some seeds to. He nearly hopped up onto one of our hands.

One of our teachers bought a telescope which we could look through to get a close look at the birds.

We also raised some money for the Wildlife Trust to sponsor a bird in the Gloucestershire bird atlas.

I enjoyed going and learning about pintails because I had never seen one before.

A pintail, like the ones we saw