I wasn't aware that 'gannets' were garden birds, but they ARE ! I put out all sorts of scraps, including cooked porridge, dry porridge, cereals, linseed, sunflower seeds, wotnot and thingummybobs, and the bloody gannets just swoop, scoff and get ft nd sassy. As i usually cook the porridge with water, it ain't too 'sticky' for them, and they quickly clean their beaks off on a branch, We now have a goodly assortment on the lotty........... including a flock of blue tits, two great tits, some new long tailed tits, a TREE SPARROW, VERY RARE INDEED !, goldfinches, dunnocks, blackies, spuggies, greenies, jackers, collared doves, peasants, an occasional song thrush, robins and a wren, o wee troglodites troglodites ! It's bloody cold up there in wor shed at this time, but it's worth it !
And, so to bed, or nest box, whichever you prefer !
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Im sure OH used to make muscle bread with bananas, but that was before we lived together and he lost any ability to do anything for himself!
Chucked the nanas out for the birds, will know if they are a hit tomorrow
I give the birds all breakfast cereals, biscuits, bread sticks, cheese biscuits, Xmas pud, out of date cooking stuff and they eat the lot
Oh bekkie I was just gonna post you a loaf tin!! But you have chucked the narnas out now!
I wasn't aware that 'gannets' were garden birds, but they ARE ! I put out all sorts of scraps, including cooked porridge, dry porridge, cereals, linseed, sunflower seeds, wotnot and thingummybobs, and the bloody gannets just swoop, scoff and get ft nd sassy. As i usually cook the porridge with water, it ain't too 'sticky' for them, and they quickly clean their beaks off on a branch, We now have a goodly assortment on the lotty........... including a flock of blue tits, two great tits, some new long tailed tits, a TREE SPARROW, VERY RARE INDEED !, goldfinches, dunnocks, blackies, spuggies, greenies, jackers, collared doves, peasants, an occasional song thrush, robins and a wren, o wee troglodites troglodites ! It's bloody cold up there in wor shed at this time, but it's worth it !
And, so to bed, or nest box, whichever you prefer !
Love your photos! And your description of the wrens!
THE WRENS ARE MY FAVES, but the thrush's name, turdus turdus is a CRACKER too-woo woo ! !
My wrens certainly try to live up to their name - they nest underneath our cabin, which is about 2ft off the ground.
Right, have now looked up turdus, turdus as well! What else can you teach me today?