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Birds

On 17/06/2012 in forum

blackbirds and the male has just come in to feed them, they were quite large birds, is this possible.  The two brown ones that I thought were thrushes have been hanging around my decking area in the garden for the last two days, would they have just fledged


Talkback: Garden birds

On 13/02/2013 in forum

I haven't had many birds in my either, and RSPB Bird Watch was disapointing to say the lest as I hardly counted any birds compared to last year. Just lately though I have notice the Blue Tits starting to check out the nesting boxes and I've got two


Talkback: Feeding garden birds

On 09/02/2012 in forum

Good advice, Kate. And it's not just bird feeders that must be kept clean, but bird baths too. Possibly it's even more important to keep bird baths clean, and I scrub mine every month.I've also recently emptied out a bird nest box, and sterilised


Building bird boxes

On 14/12/2012 in Wildlife

For Christmas this year, all my friends and relatives will be receiving bird boxes. I’ve developed something of an obsession with DIY bird boxes, and currently have a pile of them in my front room, waiting to be wrapped in festive paper. I feel like


Where have all the birds gone?

On 21/06/2012 in forum

Hi - I have several feeders in my garden, offering sunflower seed, suet, mealworms and peanuts.  Last year I had a huge number of birds in the garden, including flocks of 20 to 30 goldfinch several times a day, plus green finch, chaffinches, all


Birds: thrushes and fieldfares

On 20/01/2010 in Wildlife

have pointed out, snow does make birds all the more obvious. When I peered out later in the day, the apple tree was bending under the burden of several plump … birds. They were silhouetted against the morning light so not immediately identifiable


Garden bird care in winter

On 11/01/2010 in Wildlife

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


Talkback: Growing fruit for birds

On 28/11/2012 in forum

Kate if you grow all of these fruiting trees you will end up making ketchup or jelly from the fruit and there would not be any for the birds,maybe planting vertically is the answer growing up on raised beds like a ladder.you may be able to grow


Talkback: Garden birds and their predators

On 31/05/2013 in forum

I caught a sparrowhawk on film. I posted it on youtube.www.youtube.com/watch?v=GDVLSEeU3RUIf you encourage the small birds into your garden, it is inevitable that the predators will follow, whether that is cats or magpies and sparrowhawks.


Why are the birds ignoring their food?

On 03/12/2010 in Wildlife

Last winter, when I went to great trouble to feed the birds in my garden, my offerings were largely ignored. This winter, I'm trying again, leaving seeds, chopped apples and suet pellets for ground-feeding birds such as robins, blackbirds


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