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with no fear. I had a sighting of a Goldcrest in my urban garden last week for the first time in 27 years of living here. It was foraging at the patio door where seeds and other goodies are left out for the birds. Didn't realise how tiny they are. I have

and then inflict them on their neighbours. And turn a blind eye to the destruction they cause to proper wildlife. There's room for us all?? Not for the poor mouse and the birds! I'd have birds in my garden any day (and mice outdoors too!) but cats? No thanks. Keep

if the the birds get confused and fly into it and injure themselves!. So does anyone have any experience of safely and effectively using mirrors in a garden which doesn't harm our feathered friends? many  thanks, Janet I use old mirrors in my garden, never had a

I have been watching the birds in my garden today and for the first time I have seen two baby Robins. I watched as both parents were were feeding both of them. What a joy is was to watch. As you can see I managed to get a photo of one. The garden

OUT DRIED Living near farmland i and other neighbours have a lot of magpies and blackbirds in our gardens fighting for the food we leave for the small birds. What food can we leave out for the small birds if any that the magpies etc won't touch

(by weight) of the UK avian population; two UK sea ducks – the velvet scoter and long-tailed duck - are now threatened with global extinction.Not all is doom and gloom. In the chart of breeding bird trends, many familiar garden species are actually

is it too early for nightingales? There was a lovely bird song coming from a tree outside our local pub last night but we weren't sure what it was! and no we hadn't had too much to drink! I love the song of the wren - so powerful from such a tiny

Not a flock or swarm but murmeration! Yes, 'murmeration' ..... I know what you mean, and much more subtle than twiteration. I wonder what others think? you put bred out for the small birds you put seed on the bird table you pay pounds for fat balls

in our garden this year, and yesterday I emptied the bird feeders and filled them with Bill Oddies seed mix aimed at attracting sparrows it worked. I came home at dinner time to see sparrows tucking in. To think back to childhood and feeding the birds

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