ive aleays taken an interest in the wildlife around me but for some reason recently , birds have come to the fore. i have noticed over the last few year an increase in sparrows in my garden-a few years ago i planted ivy to trail up the walls of the house and now it is well established as well as the 12 foot beech hedge that surrounds my garden i seem to have by accident, attracted them as they nest in both--i also get blackbirds, tits wrens, robins,starlings and many other types of birds frequenting the garden.
hello i also have blackbirds in my garden it is very unlikely for it to have captured a shrew someone tell me is this normal for the population of our blackbirds i am so worried i also see other birds eg starling and house sparrow i am so happy that i am saving our population.
Have a bird that looks like a thrush, its sits on TV aerial and roof and sings beautifully. Plus eats snails find a great deal of empty snail shells about. It is singing beautifully now. I also have a family of blackbirds, nervous wreck, we have too many cats about!!!!We have tits, robin, wrens,starlings,wood pidgeons, collar doves,finches and magpies. Not keen on the magpie, raids the nest of the black birds, found egg shells on my decking.
Hi I have many many birds in my garden you can sit and watch them dart across your vision all day long lots of different varieties. Plenty of squirrels too and there is always enough food for all of them. It has been a delight. Two to three months ago I noticed the squirrels has not been seen and now that has been followed by most of the birds the odd one is visible but not the darting scenes I am used to. The food is lasting for three to four days instead of one day as in the paat. There are lots of neighbouring cats and always have been so it can't be that. Can anyone tell me a possible cause. Thanks x
Thanks for all your comments, it's lovely hearing all your garden bird tales.
Clematis - I have a lot of pigeons too, which trample over all my plants and have just knocked the off one of two emerging hellebore flowers, so I feel your pain! The only thing to do is to stop feeding - maybe wait until temperatures warm up a bit so birds will have a better chance of finding food if there's none in your garden. I don't mind a few pigeons but they tend to bring all their friends and we've had up to twenty at one time! When things get out of hand I just leave apples out for the blackbirds. The pigeons don't seem to like them so they go elsewhere. They do come back, but in smaller numbers.
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i also have blackbirds in my garden it is very unlikely for it to have captured a shrew someone tell me is this normal for the population of our blackbirds i am so worried i also see other birds eg starling and house sparrow i am so happy that i am saving our population.
Clematis - I have a lot of pigeons too, which trample over all my plants and have just knocked the off one of two emerging hellebore flowers, so I feel your pain! The only thing to do is to stop feeding - maybe wait until temperatures warm up a bit so birds will have a better chance of finding food if there's none in your garden. I don't mind a few pigeons but they tend to bring all their friends and we've had up to twenty at one time! When things get out of hand I just leave apples out for the blackbirds. The pigeons don't seem to like them so they go elsewhere. They do come back, but in smaller numbers.
Hope this helps
Kate