hi this is to kate,i to had a dead frog in my pond that i fished out today..i read your blog about making a hole etc..im a bit confused as i scrapped snow,kept a hole and put warm water in both my ponds,so i wonder why this happened,is it just to cold for them..........
Saw a red breasted robin yesterday. I've just brought a shaker heart bird feeder from www.giftboxgarden.co.uk, which you hang from a tree place an apple or a fatball for the birds. Iim hoping I will see alot more birds.
I loved to attract more birds into my town house garden. The only problem I have is not too good at identifying what they are. Anyway, I've just brought a shaker heart bird feeder from wwww.giftboxgarden.co.uk, which you hang from a tree place an apple or a ball of fat for the birds. this should help attract more birds.
I started feeding the birds in my garden about 2 months ago and the blue tit was there in a couple of days! I have a bird table which I put a variety of different seed on and I also sprinkle mealworms on top of the seed and these go down a treat! I make sure that I clear away uneaten seed and before I put fresh on the bird table I clean it and make sure its throughly dried off before putting fresh seed on. I have got a rooster pouch but I'm not sure how to attract birds into it. I have recently seen 2 green finches feeding from the bird table whic is lovely to see. I always make sure I put fresh water out every day and I know it gets drunk as there is always husks from the sunflowers seeds in there! I also have peanuts in a mesh feeder and fat balls which the blue tits love! Its so important to feed and take care of our garden birds all year round!
Since moving to my new property in October I've been so very fortunate to have goldfinches, greenfinches, longtailed tits, blue tits, coal tits, robins, song thrushes, blackbirds, wrens, robins, collared doves and now chaffinches both male and female, one wooly woodpecker and I spotted a jay yesterday. What a wonderful thing to behold
Twice in the last month we have had a spotted woodpecker feeding off the fat balls, is this normal or is it because their natural food is scarce do you think.?
Chatham, Kent Before I knew of this weekend's "Big Bird Watch" programme, I had already noticed the disappearance of Robins and Blue Tits from my garden! Only a pair or two of Collared Doves and Mr & Mrs Blackbird visit and scoff the lot of food. They're hungry, but I'm concerned at not seeing any of the Robins and Blue Tits that fed daily throughout the snows of 4th Jan. Any ideas?
I have been thrilled to see a song thrush in my front garden this winter. it never visited the back where other birds were feeding..I discovered why after the snow had gone, my new pyracantha had been striiped of every berry. I'm really glad i bought it now.
I have had a lot of sparrows in my garden up to 10 at a time and they feed tere young come in all year round. I live in Brighton whitehawk and since November I haven't seen a single sparrow, not even flying arround and only 1 at the marina were there was loads.
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I have a bird table which I put a variety of different seed on and I also sprinkle mealworms on top of the seed and these go down a treat!
I make sure that I clear away uneaten seed and before I put fresh on the bird table I clean it and make sure its throughly dried off before putting fresh seed on.
I have got a rooster pouch but I'm not sure how to attract birds into it.
I have recently seen 2 green finches feeding from the bird table whic is lovely to see.
I always make sure I put fresh water out every day and I know it gets drunk as there is always husks from the sunflowers seeds in there!
I also have peanuts in a mesh feeder and fat balls which the blue tits love!
Its so important to feed and take care of our garden birds all year round!
Before I knew of this weekend's "Big Bird Watch" programme, I had already noticed the disappearance of Robins and Blue Tits from my garden! Only a pair or two of Collared Doves and Mr & Mrs Blackbird visit and scoff the lot of food. They're hungry, but I'm concerned at not seeing any of the Robins and Blue Tits that fed daily throughout the snows of 4th Jan. Any ideas?