Posted in General on Apr 11th, 2008 2 Comments »
Yesterday I was asked if I could think why birds were not taking food off the garden birdtable yet the garden itself was full of birds. I could not think of a concrete answer.
I have asked an elderly countryman what he thinks the reason is that birds visit the garden but do not go near the bird table which is [...]
Posted in General on Apr 5th, 2008 No Comments »
Now is the time birds are nesting, hatching their young birds, feeding the young birds and trying to feed themselves.
When cats kill birds now it can mean that they are not only killing one bird but the young fledglings may not survive either.
If one parent dies the one surviving parent has to work doubly hard [...]
Posted in General on Nov 7th, 2007 4 Comments »
Here is the result of my Poll asking if you think that Cats should be kept inside all the time.
Posted in Poll Articles on Aug 31st, 2007 1 Comment »
Cats seem to be loved or hated in equal measure. But there is no getting round the fact that cats are carnivourous mammals who have a bloodlust. Should cats be kept inside entirely or in contained cat runs to stop them cutting a swathe through our bird life (as well as other wildlife)?
In Australia some [...]
Posted in Diary on Aug 12th, 2007 1 Comment »
In my last entry I wrote about the quietness of the hedgerows. How wrong I was. I thought all the young birds were now fully fledged. How wrong I was. I have just found three dead
Posted in Diary on Jul 29th, 2007 No Comments »
Early this morning I found a dead bird on the ground near the birdtable in our garden. A dead sparrow. All its vibrant life force had been taken from it. So lifeless and still. As I looked down at this frail, small bird