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, chaffinches, thrush,fieldfare, siskins, woodpeckers, robins. My neighbour had a goldcrest and a friend sent me lovely photos of a woodcock in her snowy garden.Margaret, Cardross I answered the call to feed the birds and went and bought three different feeders

It is a useful article. The main problem I have in winter is keeping the water unfrozen. it seems that as soon as I thaw the bird bath, it freezes over again. I tried that stuff to put in the water to inhibit freezing, it was too cold, so didn

snatched a starling from the bird table and is now weighing up the tits and finches that feed from the fatballs in our tree. My options are : A. Stop feeding the birds but we have been doing so for years so worried about upsetting balance of nature. or, B

declining species is thriving in your own garden .  It's good to have contact with like minded people as well. BIL here today, commented on all the bird activity which he enjoyed. But he doesn't feed the birds. He knows what he's been missing now.  That

to watch them flying in and out feeding their young. Poor things they work so hard. Yes ,its lovely to encourage birds to nest in the garden,I have put up a few , but no result ,I don't know why,so I am hoping maybe next year.

"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

Hi Everyone I will be loosing two  trees in the picture du to it damaging the boundry wall.   I am looking for a possible potted tre/shrub (so the wall isnt damaged again) to replace for privacy/attraction & to hang bird feeders Bird feeding is very

,Oldchippy. A friend in North Wales has two pairs of robins nesting in adjoining disused outside loos!  The males have been scrapping with each other a bit at the bird table, so she is setting up another feeding station to try to keep them apart and avoid

for this job.Just for the record, I regularly spot beautiful thrushes in my garden, and the remnants of snail shells indicating that they've been feeding, so clearly there are still snails around.The thrush is my favourite garden bird, but surely I can

much at all on birdwatch weekend.   We had the same problem - woodpigeons and magpies. We bought a seed tray which had an adjustable canopy over it. You can set it to the height for the size of bird which you wish to feed. Magpie did try knocking it off