Search - Articles

some bread and topping up seed and peanut feeders or bird tables is one thing, but birds need a constant supply of fresh water. Of course they'll search around for puddles and pools, but I've always had a bird bath in my garden, and they love it

just use layers and layers of old bubble wrap I’ve saved from packaging during the year, and hold this in place with elastic bands.4. Fill the bird feedersThere’s been an endless queue of birds to the feeders over the past week. They’re certainly hungry

The danger of frozen water pipes is on my mind during this freezing weather, but I'm also concerned that garden birds are suffering, too.Water in my bird bath quickly turns into a solid sheet of ice on cold nights, and hasn't been thawing out during

, and a robin put in a brief appearance in the bird bath. A flock of starlings descended onto the lawn, and I needed my binoculars to count them - at least 21, with a few making it to the peanut feeders too.And the total bird count:Blackbird: 2Collared

When a letter starts "I must strongly protest at an article written by Adam Pasco…" then I do wonder what I've done wrong.Let me set the scene. You can't find much more of a bird lover than me. Just take a look at my garden, and the way I garden

out with a kettle of boiling water to melt the snow and give birds some fresh water to drink. Peanut and seed feeders have been replenished, too, so food and water are available to all my regular feathered friends.Cold weather tests the hardiness

, as paths and steps will be covered with ice and very slippery. Don’t go out unless you really need to, and only then when wrapped-up warm and wearing boots with the best grip possible.Bird baths will be frozen solid, so if you can melt the ice and replenish