Year 3 & 4 Writing Club

Tawny Owl by Una

I’m a brown feather with white and cream patches. I’m soft and fluffy.

Tawny owls eat mice, voles, small birds and large insects.

The female calls ‘twit’ and the male calls back ‘twoo’.

My feathers are soft and light so that they make no noise when I hunt.

 

Magpie by Sammy

I’m a long and dark feather – shiny with a blue, grey and green sheen. I’m curvy and translucent.

I’m light and soft, ticklish and calming, mainly smooth with flecks, but bumpy in places.

Magpies eat insects, seeds and smaller creatures. They are clever hunters and chatter a lot.

 

Jay by Luca

A jay is a mix of dark and pale feathers. There’s a little black and white on them, but mainly pink, with some bright blue.

The feather is mainly black, partly white, but with a tiny bit of bright blue. Their Welsh name means ‘shrieker of the woods’. If you hear them in the woods, you’ll know why.

 

Red-legged Partridge by Alfie

Have you ever seen Marmite on a bird? Well… you can see that colour on a partridge’s feather. There’s pale brown and white too.

The feather is soft and fluffy, to help keep the bird warm on the ground. It’s ticklish too.

Partridges live on farmland, often near to hedges. They find their food nearby – seeds, leaves and small insects.

 

Kestrel by Celestine 

My bird feather is very silky. It has a brown, peachy colour. And it’s very soft.

Kestrels are skilled hunters. They are the enemies of voles and mice. They can hover in the air and pounce on their prey in the grass below.

Listen for their excited short high-pitched squeal.

 

Mallard by Natalia

My delicate feather comes from a type of duck. It’s small and feels very soft. There is brown, white and a blueish/purple colour.

The duck is called a mallard. These ducks eat plants - mainly weeds and grasses. My feather came from a male.

Mallards don’t walk, they waddle. They usually live around lakes or ponds.

 

Sulphur-Crested Cockatoo by Albie

Mainly white, with some yellow, and just a little brown. My feather came from a cockatoo in Australia. It feels delicate and fluffy.

The feather was picked up in a park in Sydney. It’s travelled a long way to be in my hand. Cockatoos are everywhere in Sydney, except for Cockatoo Island!

They look friendly, but they can peck you, steal food, and then fly away.

 

 

Green Woodpecker by Wilf

My bird has a small red head with a very sharp beak. The red is very bright. The rest of the medium-sized bird is green and yellow, with a black and white patch too. My feather is quite small and soft, but tough as well.

Green woodpeckers eat insects – mainly ants. They have a long sticky tongue which finds and catches ants that nest under grass and garden lawns.

These birds fly fast. They head in a straight line but their flight is up and down.

 

Great-spotted Woodpecker by Sumayya

Woodpeckers are not as stupid as you might think!

I’m a great-spotted woodpecker and people think that how I live is weird. I peck on wood, which other birds like red kites and robins don’t do.

I might be small, but how I bash through wood makes me tough. I’m creamy white and pitch black, with a splash of ruby red on my head.

 

Pheasant by Olivia 

Are you one of those people who think that pheasants are absolute idiots? Why don’t they wait until the cars that knock them down have gone past?

Most pheasants aren’t really wild – they are released as chicks and don’t get taught how to cross busy roads.

So this is for people who raise baby pheasants: teach the chicks how to look left and right!!!           

                                                

 

Ptarmigan by Hazel

I used to be part of a ptarmigan in Scotland. Home was the top of a high mountain.

I’m as white and bright as fresh paper. Only the spine of me – just one bit – isn’t pure white.

I fell off because my bird needs to change colours for different seasons. Only in the snowy months is the bird all-white.

I’m quite tough, but I think I’m a bit tickly too.  Some people call me ‘snow-bird’.

 

 

Australian White Ibis by Leah

I’m a unique feather, dappled black and white. I’m slightly curved and have a slight blue patch, which looks metallic.

Touch my woolly feather! It’ll make you calmer.

I used to be worn by a bird in Australia – the only place my owner lives.

I eat nearly everything. The humans in Sydney call me the ‘bin chicken’.  Isn’t that mean? I’m only clearing up their mess.

 

Magpie Lark by Jack

Something black, something white, I’m small and fluffy, and very light.

Quick! Fast! Duck! That’s what you’ll do, when I come flying at you.

Here I come again! I’m good at scaring off.

I’m from Australia and we’re not easily frightened.

 

Jackdaw by Wren

Soft, black, smooth, fluffy: crow feather.

My smoothness feels like a blanket. But I’m a bit scruffy too, with hairy barbs that stand up.

Look how delicate I am, but I’m from a brave and confiding bird.

I had an exciting life, before I fell to the ground.

 

Barn Owl  by Ciana

Furry, silky, with lots of different colours. Light brown, dark brown, cream and white.

I’m from a barn owl. Just remember we don’t always live in barns. I was born in a nest box, but a winter’s day accident finished me off.

I’m beautiful on my own – all shades of coffee. Remember how beautiful I was when I was whole.

 

Red Kite by Alex

I’m a big feather – you can see red, orange and brown in me. A few black dots too.

I may be big, but I’m still soft. How do you feel when you hold me? Happy? That’s good.

I’m from a big bird of prey – a red kite. We’ve only started living around here recently, but we’re doing very well.

If you look at us in the sky, you’ll see we now own the place.

 

Mute Swan by Noor

I might be white and I might be dull. Is that what you say about me?

Well… I think I’m beautiful – smooth and fluffy. My feathers sparkle in sunshine.

I’m on my own now, but I dropped off something way bigger.

I’m proud to be one small part of the big white river-bird – the beautiful mute swan.