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years I havent been able to put up bird boxes due to a cat who was a bit of a hunter. I now only have an old cat with no teeth (and who is unable to jump) so I may look into bird boxes this year. We put up a nest box early in 2010, but had no takers

im very pleased that i have 2 families of blue-tits nesting in 2 nest boxes,1 at the back of my house and 1 at the side of my house.still only got 2 newts though...but many frogs still no spawn oh well maybe next year,although i would rather have

under the hog-house and getting very excited so I investigated and gently lifted the lid.  The box was full of leaves so obviously there was a nest, but I didn't disturb and replaced the lid, and made the area dog proof!  Since then I have put out semi

before, even through the snow etc) I found that one of the fence posts was broken in the run (like someone had tried to climb over). I decided to get a lock for the nest box door and surprise surprise...eggs every day! whats worse is that our allotment

?The sparrowhawks don't seem put off though. Sparrows are very much on the menu. I recently discovered a very busy hornets nest in a nearby tree. I was very pleased to see that these magnificent animals seemed to be thriving despite generations of persecution. I

in my garden last year) but they still nested under my shed, their always find their own little house as they are quite resourceful little monsters!!! Also they have a pebble edge in case they fall in my pond as the baby hogs seem 2 b drawn to water. My

's no nice way to do this, you are upsetting the balance of nature by feeding the birds in the first place. I've swapped my bird tables for nesting boxes and organic gardening so I can still enjoy the wildlife without too much interfering. Perhaps, phase out

get fed live food that time of the year but I had a fat cake up one year and the adults were taking that into the nest box which is absolutely catastrophic for the chicks, may be because there was a lack of live natural food. So I now only put out

. i often see robins around my garden but never so close and in one of my nest boxes. I had a robin who would come in the house to pinch the dog food. One year I had just iced the xmas cake and it perched on the top, wish I had my camera handy, had

is 'Deep Secret' and all interspersed with Ribes odoratum. To reduce the size of a jpeg file, which I had to do here, I did the following:- In my 'pictures' folder if found the photo which I then highlighted, then:- right click edit [brings up 'paint box