Posted in General on Jan 7th, 2008 No Comments »
We can all join in the Big Garden Birdwatch by taking an hour to count birds in our local parks or in our gardens or taking part in an RSPB event near where you live
The RSPB’s Big Garden Bird Watch takes place in the United Kingdom on Saturday January 26th and on Sunday January 27th.
The [...]
Posted in Bird Food on Jan 6th, 2008 No Comments »
Sunflower seeds are a really popular bird food for my garden birds which is a good thing as sunflower seeds give INSTANT ENERGY to all garden birds because they have -
A high oil content
A high fat content
INSTANT ENERGY is important when feeding birds in winter as the cold, dark nights and short days mean less time [...]
Posted in Bird Food on Dec 7th, 2007 No Comments »
Some birds happily swing from branches of trees or hanging feeders to get their daily food supply.
Other birds including Dunnocks, Song Thrushes and Blackbirds look for food on the ground.
If they do fly to a bird table it’s usually one without a roof.
Chaffinches and sparrows eat from bird tables or the ground with equal ease.
I have had a [...]
Posted in General on Nov 10th, 2007 No Comments »
Often, for the first hour of two of my morning, the only living things I see and talk to are a variety of birds and one dog.
Often, for the first hour or two of my morning, all I hear is the
Posted in Birds I've seen in and around my garden on Oct 6th, 2007 No Comments »
I have been sitting at my kitchen window for 10 minutes watching the birds come and go. In those 10 minutes, at my bird feeders and my bird table, I have seen:
Great tits
blue tits
robin (1)
blackbird (1)
chaffinch (1)
Sparrows! About 20 sparrows gathered at the feeders. There were both house and tree sparrows, arguing and flitting from feeder to [...]
Posted in Birds I've seen in and around my garden on Sep 16th, 2007 2 Comments »
There’s a crispness in the air again this morning. I’ve been filling my fat ball feeder, the wire meshed ground feeder, 2 birdtables and one peanut feeder.
I’ve put a variety of food out. I do realise I can’t feed all the birds in the hedges, trees and bushes. There are just too many. I just don’t think [...]