I sent in my Birdwatch list, but it would have been a longer list of birds if I had waited until now. The reason is that I have now constructed a log feeder as per the article in January's GW magazine. I modified it by drilling a few extra holes & fitted these with twigs to act as perches. The birds love the suet & seed mixture. Thanks for the idea GW.
hi dawn i have all my blue tit boxes and long tail tit boxes facing south and they go in every year i am putting a robin box up in a short time as last year they nested in my ivory tree did not make a good nest so all the chicks fell out i took them down to our bird sanctuary a short drive away and they did well gemma
For Dawn. I have to disagree with Gemma. The BTO and RSPB do not recommend facing a nest box to the South, In this position the box (and chicks) can heat up too much on sunny days The best advice is to position boxes facing North or North West.
Clearly, if the whole site is in the shade during the day then a south-facing site is fine!
could any one tell me when is the best time to cut ivy back causing minimun desruption to birds and insects. We can't get in our garage any more because the ivy has gone mad!!
This morning from 5.30a.m.woken by a choir of bird sound../A Linet singing its wide repetoir! for the next hour I sighted the following birds, mostly feeding their young. Long tailedtits- 10 young ones sitting on the telephone wires!4 parents with 5 babies each ! Then, the greater spotted Woodpeckers feeding one greedy fluffy babe.The range of birds above the river Teme, here is anazing. from Nuthatches to Greenfinches,to river Chaffinches,withlong silver legs,wrens nesting up in the corner of our Patio roof,magpies,Jackdaws,great & blue tits,thrushes calling each other in the orchard. Big backbirds,pigeons we also ve a Barn owlet and Tawny Owlets at night. Mallards,coots and moorhens on the river. A heron flew over this morning ! Buzzards are high above being mobbed by crows usually! three robins, who must be related ? Ordinary chaffinches, and pigeons galore-seen a group of them mob a baby Peregrinfalcon!
As stated above. This area in Shropshire is truly amazing fo wild life most of the year. kingfishers have also been sighted further down the river near Tenbury Wells.Sparrow hawks swoop and catch thir smaller bird prey.Atother times of year we have goldfinches, Bullfinches, a few Siskin also.
In this month's Gardener's World magazine,[page 96], regarding the rapid decline of house sparrows, my husband & I have spent many happy hours just lately watching dozens of parents feed their young on our seed trays, one poor soul had three youngsters all begging to be fed at once. Some fledglings, if ignored knew exactly what to do & fed themselves when the parent flew off. We, in Yorkshire have siskins,bluetits,coaltits,long tailed tits,robins,hedge sparrows,collared doves, wood pigeons, a kestrel, a sparrow hawk & a heron looking for a meal from a neighbour's fishpond. So Mr Moss, if you want to see a lot of house sparrows at close quarters [we sit just six feet away from the feeders] come to Pudsey & have a cup of tea.
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go in every year i am putting a robin box up in a short time as last year they nested in my ivory tree did not make a good nest so all the chicks fell out
i took them down to our bird sanctuary
a short drive away and they did well
gemma
Clearly, if the whole site is in the shade during the day then a south-facing site is fine!
I saw my first Wren at about 5.30pm on Friday 27th climbing through the Jasmine branches I felt so pleased.
We, in Yorkshire have siskins,bluetits,coaltits,long tailed tits,robins,hedge sparrows,collared doves, wood pigeons, a kestrel, a sparrow hawk & a heron looking for a meal from a neighbour's fishpond. So Mr Moss, if you want to see a lot of house sparrows at close quarters [we sit just six feet away from the feeders] come to Pudsey & have a cup of tea.