After taking part in the RSPB Big Garden Bird Watch, adults with learning disabilities attending our Parkhead Resource Centre in Ashington are keen to learn lots more about nature.
During the bird watch, our group exercised lots of patience to identify the birdlife in their Parkhead garden, feeding back the information to the RSPB as part of their national survey.
Not content with simply bird spotting, however, the group went on to make sure their feathered friends were treated to a slap-up dinner of a seed and suet mix which they hung in hand-made feeders outside.
“Everyone had so much fun supporting the survey,” said Parkhead Manager, Claire Graham. “Now we know the names of the birds in our garden, we’ve got a taste for learning about nature and our next adventure will be building a walk-in greenhouse so we can grow our very own veg!”