Been out in the garden all afternoon and had thtee blackies swooping in over me to get the pickings. Little Robin far braver and just stood waiting for every turn of the soil. I adore our birds but must admit I have been tardy over cleaning the feeders. Will try harder !!!!
Weeds are flowers, too, once you get to know them.” A A Milne
I have managed to get a photo of the completed Long tailed tits nest showing the entrance.It has been fascinating watching them build it. I have a lovely view of them from the kitchen window.
How lovely Fritillary. Hope you see some little ones too. Great to have such a good view
LP - I'm not always good at cleaning them either.
I bought a couple of cheap ones for the cage, which makes life easier as I can soak them - saves a lot of scrubbing. The little birds don't wreck those either, so they last a while.
It's a place where beautiful isn't enough of a word....
I live in west central Scotland - not where that photo is...
Do all goldfinches pick out the sunflowers and just drop them to the ground the wood pigeons just stay beneath and gobble them up this can be emptied in a day
You are lucky to have goldfinches Zenjeff, they are such pretty birds. We have exactly the same behaviour from our gold finches with the pigeons hoovering up the mess below. You can get feeders with saucers attached at the bottom of them, but there was some question about how effective these saucers actually are.
For my feeders its the local sparrows, they live in my garden and have their fleglings with them, also have robins, and a pair of blackbirds, a pair of collared doves and a wood pidgeon, a lonely dunnock feeds in amongst the sparrows too aswell as the occassional blue tit visiting now and again
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Been out in the garden all afternoon and had thtee blackies swooping in over me to get the pickings. Little Robin far braver and just stood waiting for every turn of the soil. I adore our birds but must admit I have been tardy over cleaning the feeders. Will try harder !!!!
A A Milne
I have managed to get a photo of the completed Long tailed tits nest showing the entrance.It has been fascinating watching them build it. I have a lovely view of them from the kitchen window.
How lovely Fritillary. Hope you see some little ones too. Great to have such a good view
LP - I'm not always good at cleaning them either.
I bought a couple of cheap ones for the cage, which makes life easier as I can soak them - saves a lot of scrubbing. The little birds don't wreck those either, so they last a while.
I live in west central Scotland - not where that photo is...
How lovely Fritillary - who needs cameras when you can view such a wonderful act of nature right outside your kitchen window.
I will try to get OH to clean the feeders - do you think I will be wasting my breath?
New visitor today
How lovely - good to see greenfinch numbers picking up again
Gardening in Central Norfolk on improved gritty moraine over chalk ... free-draining.
Do all goldfinches pick out the sunflowers and just drop them to the ground the wood pigeons just stay beneath and gobble them up this can be emptied in a day
You are lucky to have goldfinches Zenjeff, they are such pretty birds. We have exactly the same behaviour from our gold finches with the pigeons hoovering up the mess below. You can get feeders with saucers attached at the bottom of them, but there was some question about how effective these saucers actually are.
A couple from this morning
For my feeders its the local sparrows, they live in my garden and have their fleglings with them, also have robins, and a pair of blackbirds, a pair of collared doves and a wood pidgeon, a lonely dunnock feeds in amongst the sparrows too aswell as the occassional blue tit visiting now and again