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. Disgusting, even if the fox was rather handsome.Despite his rural situation, the birds and beasts were similar to those I find in London. The carrion crows that craw four times in East Dulwich, are replaced by rooks here, with their slightly less guttural

What a brilliant idea for Christmas presents Kate. I've got two blue tit boxes up in my garden one didn't have any birds in it this year as it wasn't up very long but the other one has had several blue tit families in there over the years. I love

This autumn I intend to add to my collection of fruiting shrubs for birds. I’m going to take advantage of the fact that plants are available more cheaply now we’ve hit bare-root planting season.Unlike pot-grown specimens, bare-root plants are dug

A very easy method of recycled wire mesh makes an ideal bird nesting box for all types of garden birds, mainly the tits, wrens, flycatchers and robins, to name but a few. If you have or find a piece of old mesh large enough to go round a large

With so many people reporting sightings of unusual birds in their gardens - and observing some pretty odd behaviour - I'm struggling to entice anything other than pigeons to my plot. I don't know if I should even take part in this year's RSPB Big

Hello Kate,I made a new bird box today and fixed it to the largest tree we have,It has already had alot of interest,I covered the hole with the lid off a tin of beans(I drilled a hole first)to stop our local squirrell from getting in.The birds have

Im quite new to bird feeding but i'm hooked already! I bought myself two feeders a couple of months ago and was lucky enough to have a beautiful bird table made for me for Christmas.I love watching the birds from the kitchen as they race around

Dont know if anyone has come across this problem I think I'm having. The fat ball feeder was recently partially robbed  by the squirrel the other day and since then  birds have not been feeding on the fat balls. I'm wondering if the scent is putting

I have, for many years, made fat balls for the many little birds which come to our garden.  This was great, until the squirrels and magpies found them, and then it became impossible, because a) they ate them all in ten minutes and b) the little

Hi, I have been feeding the birds in my garden for the last couple of years and have seen so many different birds its been an absolutely pleasure.  However I noticed the other day that the feeders are now attracting rats, they partiularly like