I'm re-filling the sunflower heart container nearly every day and the niger seed feeder every 2 days. No starlings, so the fat balls aren't being eaten, except a little by a robin.
Wow!!! thanks for all of your replies...its just so quiet recently, i normaly have the blackbirds waking me up and even late at night i can hear them, the blue tits are normally at the top of the tree....your all so lucky to have all those lovely birds visit your garden....i used to have the doves, magpies, starlings but no goldfinches, bullies etc...i live in hope.
I was stood in the garden on Tuesday night about dusk and there were 3 Blackbirds having a singing match oh boy what a wonderful sound it was must have gone on for about 5 minuets then the blasted phone rang so by the time I'd got back out there was only one left giving his all.
there;s going to be some frost so birds to the table will return, but normal mating behaviour will be resumed as soon as he sun warms up! All part of nature's rich tapestry horray!
We've not had as many birds visiting the feeders this year as we did last - I think it's a combination of the mild weather and lots of food being available still on the hedgerows, and the fact that we spotted a sparrowhawk in the area. It's been around before and seems to move to a different territory in the summer.
Gardening in Central Norfolk on improved gritty moraine over chalk ... free-draining.
I'm glad to say we've plenty of birds here in North West Devon. Our starling population doesn't quite rival those in Hereford Bob, but not far off. We have a dairy farm near us and they are attracted to the feed in the cow sheds. I'd say there must be over 1,000 in the flocks.
Plenty of sparrows too. I love the birds in my garden, they give so much pleasure for not a lot of expense in feed. And the blackbirds keep the slugs down too.
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http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-26387395
A lot of birds here
In the sticks near Peterborough
I'm re-filling the sunflower heart container nearly every day and the niger seed feeder every 2 days. No starlings, so the fat balls aren't being eaten, except a little by a robin.
Wow!!! thanks for all of your replies...its just so quiet recently, i normaly have the blackbirds waking me up and even late at night i can hear them, the blue tits are normally at the top of the tree....your all so lucky to have all those lovely birds visit your garden....i used to have the doves, magpies, starlings but no goldfinches, bullies etc...i live in hope.
Hi nut, I've fixed the text attached to that story. It really should have read like this:
"Starlings in Hereford say they are being plagued by thousands of residents.
Between dawn and dusk the residents take to the streets around their homes, leaving a huge mess behind them.
The residents are protected and there is little that can be done to solve the problem.
I was stood in the garden on Tuesday night about dusk and there were 3 Blackbirds having a singing match oh boy what a wonderful sound it was must have gone on for about 5 minuets then the blasted phone rang so by the time I'd got back out there was only one left giving his all.
there;s going to be some frost so birds to the table will return, but normal mating behaviour will be resumed as soon as he sun warms up! All part of nature's rich tapestry horray!
I can hear something singing right now, think it's a blackbird, yay! It's 6.30 a.m. here and still dark, but just lighting up in the east.
We've not had as many birds visiting the feeders this year as we did last - I think it's a combination of the mild weather and lots of food being available still on the hedgerows, and the fact that we spotted a sparrowhawk in the area. It's been around before and seems to move to a different territory in the summer.
Gardening in Central Norfolk on improved gritty moraine over chalk ... free-draining.
I'm glad to say we've plenty of birds here in North West Devon. Our starling population doesn't quite rival those in Hereford Bob, but not far off. We have a dairy farm near us and they are attracted to the feed in the cow sheds. I'd say there must be over 1,000 in the flocks.
Plenty of sparrows too. I love the birds in my garden, they give so much pleasure for not a lot of expense in feed. And the blackbirds keep the slugs down too.
Bob, I like your story better, it's more accurate
In the sticks near Peterborough