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small trees that attract birds

On 10/03/2013 in forum

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


Talkback: Bird feeding - make fat cakes

On 06/12/2011 in forum

the birds land on it? Will the squirrels help themselves to it? ooh i cant wait to make these i have a few robbins popping in and out of my garden and well as other birds and its so brilliant to see them from my kitchen window watching them i also have alot


Talkback: Kestrel

On 28/11/2011 in forum

Was amazed on two occasions last year to see a bird which my husband informed me was a kestrel in our back garden. On one occasion he was on the fence, the next time on top of the bird feeder. Needless to say not too many birds around the feeder


Birds in winter

On 07/01/2009 in Wildlife

-tailed tits in my garden next year.It's no surprise that Britain's smallest bird should suffer in the cold. It's all to do with body mass and surface area ratios. I wonder whether I can get away with a bit of maths on this blog. Imagine a cubic bird — strange


Bird box v bird feeding

On 14/03/2013 in forum

Small garden. Only 10 metres by 12 metres. I've got a feeding station for birds. I get quite a lot of visitors during the day - sparrows, starlings, tits, robins, blackbirds, pigeons and magpies (annoyingly!). I've been given a sparrow terrace


cm holes in my lawn and dead grass

On 14/10/2012 in forum

badgers.   or foxes or birds-but perhaps a lot more information is required before giving a definite answer hello all sorry i should have said that to begin with, i think my garden is too enclosed for badgers and foxes i have a six foot solid fence


How to make a hinged nest box

On 19/07/2011 in Projects: Garden DIY

-thirds of the gap, leaving an open 'window'. Simply make the front panel smaller - 12cm long rather than 17.5cm.AdamAny type of untreated wood will do - exterior grade plywood is good, but plank wood is easier to cutMore garden bird projectsBlog on feeding birds


Bird feeders causing weeds?

On 20/04/2012 in forum

but this is very different, growing from a kind of kernel. I mentioned it to someone else who said the same thing had happened in their garden forcing them to move their feeder onto the lawn. Has anyone else noticed the same thing associated to bird seed? Yes


Keeping Cats and Wildlife apart?

On 07/08/2012 in forum

I was interested in the article about Cats in this months magazine as I have two.  The way I keep them away from the birds is to feed the birds in the front garden - its tiny but all the wildlife is out there, frogs, toads, etc, the cats have to go


Talkback: Bird baths

On 28/11/2011 in forum

if I put oil on the bread and mix it what am I doing wrong. I have a lot of pigeons and not so much birds why. I put seeds and worms and all the nice seeds out for them to. can you help Could it be badgers? I have a lovely flower bed in my front garden


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