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. To date I have had 24 species of bird in my garden. I only feed them Black Sunflower seeds on the table, peanuts in metal feeders, nyjer seed in feeders, that gold finches go crazy for, they be queueing in the trees for a go. I also leave apples

Thank you 'Gardeners World' for the very easy instructions on how to build a simple bird nesting box. I now have three boxesin my garden. i shall be making some bird boxes and placing them in our allotment..thanks. Thanks for the details. I'm going

Feeding the birdsFeeding birds used to be a winter activity, from Christmas until the first spring flowers appeared. But birds need our help in the summer months just as much as during the winter.Because birds breed in the spring and early summer

I'm sitting here in my office watching great tits going in and out of a bay bush. I reckon they're thinking about nesting. They might be in for a bit of a shock over the next few days Small birds in my garden have been getting very busy too

to put bird feeders on an allotment or will it bring the birds to eat the fruits? I noticed that my neighbour has got a feeder up and it was proving very popular with the birds this morning. I would love to feed them but should I ? I would

We feed the birds regularly and are rewarded as we frequently see Blue, Great, Coal & Longtail tits along with all the other usual birds. Last year we put out a niger seed feeder and this attracts Goldfinches, we were very pleased when on Christmas

I think its ok to feed the birds cause if we dont and they die we wont have any at all if its a bad or wet winter,ok we dont know if it is junk food but what is the alternative ? birds adapt to different food, and it isnt really long till spring so

the snow in their stride - by running and flapping their wings at the same time they can travel at nearly the same speed as usual.The wild birds are out in force. Like many others at this time of year, I’m spending an inordinate amount of time feeding

Does anyone have any advice on shrubs or trees to plant that will encourage birds please?  I have a smallish garden so would need things that grow tall rather than wide and also I have two ferocious cats so I need somewhere for the birds to safely

I feed the birds a variety of food - mixed wild bird seed, peanuts late in the season when the babies have grown up and mixed seed plus mealworms. I also give them leftovers with home made wholewheat bread mixed with cooked pasta and grated cheese