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cats which are on patrol most of the time, keeping the birds at bay. All was well until my dog developed a taste for strawberries and the whole lot disappeared! There's more about my lottie trials and tribulations (and the antics of my naughty hound

the association secretary. We need all the help we can get at the moment. Cue: a wren.I love this pugnacious little bird, with its haughty stance and deafening 'chip, chip, chip' call from the inside of the dense hawthorn hedge, and it's nothing if not a help

I have noticed that it is much cheaper to buy the tesco branded suet rather than buy the prepared suet in the pet shops.  Is this ok to give the birds ?  I feed them dried fruit, oats but always buy the prepared suet.  I seem to be getting through

Bird tables can be improved with a living, green roof that looks attractive and encourages more wildlife to visit your garden. The best plants to use for green roofs on your bird table are sedums, as they can withstand drought and grow on poor soil

Can you tell me where to get a bird box camera kit from please. I have just -11th. Jan.-fitted a camera to one of my bird boxes and I am delighted to see that a blue tit is nesting in the box every night.I hadn't realised that I would see a bird

I have had a bird feeder hanging in my garden for some time now and it has always been very well used by a variety of little birds, who in turn sprinkle enough to keep the ground feeding birds happy too. About a month ago I notice that it was grubby

loe this site so easy to understand thnk you crystal 2010 I love the idea as I have wanted to do something with the roof of my bird table for a long time. However, where do you find the water retentive matting and sedum matting, and can you just buy

just in case but they would not chop very well kept sticking together.  I did them by hand in the end but a very long job which I don't fancy doing.  The whole peanuts risk geting stuck in baby birds' throats and choking them so I expect big chunks of

and thrushes are searching for food. In most years, in my garden, there are also a lot of fallen apples which normally last a long way into the Winter. There won't be many of those this year either. I believe that some non-resident birds also like to make use

Hi now we have the allottment ready for next year as this is our first time at allottmenteering,  can anyone recomend what flowers we can grow at each end of the raised veg beds , i know some flowers like marrygolde help keeping unwanted stuff away from your crops so if i can hel...