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Talkback: Mice in the garden

On 31/05/2012 in forum

wall sounds interesting. Do you have a photo you could show us? Kate I am sure that I have a nest of mice under my shed. My cat spends hours staring at one spot. I also get delivered a small pile of intestines on the kitchen floor every so often


Talkback: Hibernating snails

On 28/11/2011 in forum

to any harm through any chemical solutions. Advice greatly appreciated. 27 in bird nesting box amongst climber.


Talkback: Fruit flies

On 28/11/2011 in forum

way to deal with the flying visitors... we have put up a bat nesting box on a nearby wall, and our little fellas eat anything that moves.We have a pile of logs for our local hedgehog, who along with all the frogs who also live in the compost heap, help


Talkback: The RSPB Big Garden Birdwatch

On 28/11/2011 in forum

of experience? For a number of years we have have had a colony of house and hedge sparrows breeding in the eaves of our house. Over the last few days we have noticed that they are now squeezing into our bluetit nest box. We have also found a dead baby bluetit


Attract blue tits

On 18/05/2013 in forum

food supplies.  If you feed all year, they'll have healthy babies, more than on brood and future generations will earn to feed and play in your garden.   We've gone form having one pair to scores.  We have babies in our new blue tit box! saw them taking


Talkback: What to do with your old Christmas tree

On 28/11/2011 in forum

on sandymount strand in dublin a few years ago by artist Barbara Nealon, caused much interest and excitement!http://bit.ly/hNNpsb I abandoned a planted (pot)Christmas tree behind a large shrub 3 years ago and every year it has been home to a wrens nest.I could


Talkback: The insects have gone berserk

On 28/11/2011 in forum

!http://higgysgardenproject.blogspot.com/ I have had lots of ladybirds i put a bug box up last year, around Feb and March this year i saw some of them sunbathing and they had Seven spots i was pleased to see. Unfortunately i found a wasps nest in a bag of compost near the House so i have had


Talkback: Emptying the compost bin

On 08/06/2012 in forum

in spring.@Margaret5 and @fieldfest - my mum once had a rat in her compost and made me evict it, on Boxing Day! She said it was my fault as I made her garden more wildlife friendly but all she got was rats and wasps. Still, it was the only rat I've seen in a


Talkback: Toad in the garden

On 28/11/2011 in forum

hedgehogs into my garden by making a box as I have not seen any for years but understand that they get eaten by badgers which we have .Is this correct LAST WEEK,I HAD A LOVELY BIG HEDGEHOG IN MY GARDEN,I WENT OUT AND GOT A BOX,HAVE PUT SAWDUST AND SHREDDED


Talkback: Bees and bee flies

On 28/11/2011 in forum

have a bees nest in an old bird box this year. I'm not sure what type of bee has inhabited it but they look like miniature bumble bees. It's great to have them in the garden but the box is only about 3feet away from my 3yr old's swing which is a bit


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