Posted in General on Jun 1st, 2008 No Comments »
I’ve had someone ask me what could have killed chicks in two separate nests. One nest was a robin and the other was a smaller bird than a robin.
I have to reply here as I cannot see his comment anywhere at the moment (computers!)
The first thing that came to mind was it could be Magpies. [...]
Posted in General on May 20th, 2008 No Comments »
Hedges - An ordinary hedge isn’t really ordinary -it’s got many uses in the animal kingdom.
Birds weave their nests in amongst the branches of hedges, or the thick ground vegetation. There are long tailed tits, wrens, hedge sparrows, blackbirds and chaffinches.
Many seed eating birds catch insects to supplement the diet of their young family . [...]
Posted in General on Apr 18th, 2008 1 Comment »
There is a flurry of activity around our hedgerows and in the garden.
Birds are busy building nests and finding nesting materials.
It’s strange how each type of birds builds a different type of nest. Here’s three different birds that build different type nests.
THE WREN
The wren is the smallest common bird. It is only 3 [...]
Posted in Fact Sheets for Individual Bird Species on Dec 20th, 2007 No Comments »
Robin
Latin Name: Erithacus rubecula
Feeding
A specialist Robin and songbird mixed seed will bring robins to your garden.
Feed that contains berries and insects will help the robin survive the winter.
Their usual diet is insects and their larvae, spiders and worms, weed seeds and fruit berries, seeds, nuts and oats.
Loves mealworms and eating from birdtables.
Description
Large, black eyes. Forehead, throat [...]
Posted in Diary on Oct 25th, 2007 No Comments »
Twice this morning I’ve seen a sparrow carrying what looks like nesting material in its beak. What a strange time of year to be carrying nesting material. Does anyone know what’s its doing?
