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Poor little mouse. The profusion of ctas in my areas bugs the life out of me. Endless destruction of borders, faeces in the soil, dead birds. I cannot fathom why people (especially wildlife enthusiasts!!) keep these dreadful animals as house pets

I felt so guilty this morning when, on opening the curtains, I saw a blackbird pecking at the ice on our bird bath. This friendly bird is a regular user of the bath and splashes around in it daily, usually emptying most of the water out

"Recent spate of mild winters " not in north Northumberland im affraid ! Amazing how these little chaps make it through these winter nights. I feed the birds , as in hang out peanuts and fat balls , and chase the cats but.... there was a big RAT

Funny - a friend of mine (in Kent) just posted on Facebook that he had buzzards hunting the woods behind his house this morning. They get about. My garden is usually visited by the smaller birds and nextdoors cats, that sit under the Butterfly bush

Hi, can anyone advise me on good tree for a small garden that will attract birds? I think the ones that birds love the most are the ones that have berries in the autumn that they can munch on. Hawthorn, Rowan (mountain ash), crab apple. Thanks I

I normally get birds in my garden but this autumn and winter I have had hardly any, just a few blackbirds and pigeons.  I have bird feeders out dotted around the garden but no visitors.  Where are they all ? Will the food be ok to leave out (it

drier which is near my kitchen window so I can happily watch all the birds. I give them peanuts, sunflower hearts, mealworms,suet and cereal cakes and fat balls.I live near a stream so get a wide variety of birds in-robins,tits,sparrows,nut hatch

the discomfort).But if I'm still cold beneath so many layers, I shudder to think how the poor birds must be faring. Their tiny, almost flesh-free legs must be frozen. I do what I can for them, and my bird table is currently laden with large quantities of crushed

I have recently started feeding birds on my balcony. Bluetits, Blackbirds and Thrushes (may be female Blackbirds, I've only seen them from the roadside) at the minute. I would like to grow some kind of shrub that is suitable for a large container

I spend many happy hours watching this little bird bringing home tasty treats for its young but don't know what it is.  I'm not a very good twitcher but I have a garden full of birds. I assume there are two birds in which case they both look