Does anyone know a way of deterring voles from tunnelling all over the garden? My lawn is now full of small holes and the head lawn keeper is not happy. We are visited by owls and neighbours' cats but so far the little critturs are winning. I am not keen to put down poison, for obvious reasons.
I feed the birds in my garden, we are in centre of Newcastle upon Tyne. I have a bird table that I put on different types of seeds, I put on the mealworms and these go down a r treat! I always take time out to clear away old uneaten seed and then clean the bird table before I put fresh seed on. I have seen different types of birds by having different types of feeders, the green finch is the latest visitor to my garden. The fat balls also always go down a treat with the blue tits. I cannot stress enough how important it is to feed and take care of our garden birds!
We have had many different birds deperate for food come flocking into the garden.So I Cooked loads of diffent pasta,and Rice and left it out for the Birds(for which they were very grateful) our daughter was a bit miffed though!We even had some gulls come feasting.There were loads of nuts left over from christmas,so I chopped them up. I even dug up my lawn so the birds could have a fresh supply of worms and other soil borne insects.It was like eating at the ritz,but not as expensive! I can always grow another lawn,but once a bird has starved to death that is it!
It's a full time job keeping the birds fed at this time of the year up here in Scotland. Robins, blue tits, starlings, pigeons, jackdaws, sparrows & blackbirds all appreciate seeds, unsalted peanuts, fat balls, seeded bread, corn, mince. The blackbirds adore raisins. They sit on the frozen bird bath in the morning waiting for us to replenish the water. This year they are very keen to bathe which surprised us given how chilly & snow-covered everything is at present. I expect their plumage needs particular attention in order to help with insulation.
i think i had a Curlew in my back garden a few evenings ago,saw a small form sitting in the snow and ive never saw a beak so long and thin,just had 2robins,2blue tits,2pigeons and lots pf spuggys in just now.x
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I have a bird table that I put on different types of seeds, I put on the mealworms and these go down a r
treat!
I always take time out to clear away old uneaten seed and then clean the bird table before I put fresh seed on.
I have seen different types of birds by having different types of feeders, the green finch is the latest visitor to my garden.
The fat balls also always go down a treat with the blue tits.
I cannot stress enough how important it is to feed and take care of our garden birds!
This year they are very keen to bathe which surprised us given how chilly & snow-covered everything is at present.
I expect their plumage needs particular attention in order to help with insulation.