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I haven't had many birds in my either, and RSPB Bird Watch was disapointing to say the lest as I hardly counted any birds compared to last year. Just lately though I have notice the Blue Tits starting to check out the nesting boxes and I've got two

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The temperatures might have dropped a bit this week, but that doesn't seem to have slowed down the onset of spring. We have a pair of blue tits setting up home in one of our bird boxes in the garden and the frogs are having a high old time

a tight-pruned lime and a small cypress. Nevertheless, the city is splashed all over with natural colour as sills, walls, yards and railings are covered with pots and window boxes.Some buildings in the rickety 'old quarter' are so bedecked they look

children can easily assemble. Any ideas? I’ve recently made a bee/bug box but have noticed wasps have taken up residence. Knowing nothing about wasps other than the obvious will they make a nest in the box could it be a problem and should I get rid of it

Identification GuideThey do look like Tree bumblebee, Bombus hypnorum.That guide says that they often nest in bird boxes. That figures. @gary.. great pictures.. and thanks karen for the indentification.. i have noticed some of these in my garden.. the white tail

circulating around some ivy in my own garden:  They were not swarming, but nest building, in a hole in a wall behind the ivy. Hi Because we have hives we are often called to check out a swarm in someones's bird box or compost heap but to date they have all

nesting box (http://www.gardenersworld.com/how-to/projects/make-a-house-martin-nest/) or leaving a muddy area for them to build their own in spring? Or both... Re your unidentified insects, are you sure they're not bumblebees? You could ask Richard Jones

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

for them, to keep them in your garden. I cleaned out the nest boxes recently to get rid of fleas and other unwelcome visitors for our birds. I felt very tempted to line the bottom of the box with something warm - like fleece (synthetic). However, I didn