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and thrushes, as well as filling the feeders with seeds and peanuts. However, once again, only the pigeons are gobbling them up.The pigeons are so at home in my garden that they've started coming up to the patio door if they're hungry. I don't mind, I've plenty

relatively easily, without worrying about sections going brown (unlike the Leyland cypress). A dense yew hedge is perfect for nesting birds, and the red arils are eaten by thrushes in winter. It’s not the fastest growing tree, but yew isn’t as slow growing

when I see it. Its bark is decorated with a thick crust of lichen, and lots of birds, especially thrushes, eat its fruit. It’s beautiful. Not only would my crab apple provide fruit for birds in winter, but its spring flowers would attract bees