Posted in Birds I've seen in and around my garden on Dec 1st, 2007 No Comments »
Birdtables are not the place for a magpie or jackdaw. They scavenge the bird food off the table in seconds and the smaller garden birds don’t stand a chance of getting any food.
Magpies (shown above) are usually self sufficient creatures and usually manage to find food in the coldest of weather. As do jackdaws.
Magpies and Jackdaws watch [...]
Posted in Bird Food on Nov 12th, 2007 1 Comment »
Hi folks
I was right trimmed I’d managed to stop bird feed falling to the ground from my feeder by attaching a tray to the bottom of the feeder. The seed now falls into the tray and not onto the floor where the farm hens and wild pheasants used to eat it.
This means there is more seed for my [...]
Posted in Birds I've seen in and around my garden on Nov 9th, 2007 2 Comments »
I’ve just thrown down slices of a peeled apple onto the grass and near a small blackurrant bush. This is as well as filling up the bird feeders. A blackbird has just hopped across the grass towards the apple.
Yesterday I was so annoyed when I saw
Posted in Diary on Nov 7th, 2007 No Comments »
It’s dark, cold and windy outside this morning. It’ll soon be time to get the coal fire blazing in the grate and make sure the central heating is working. I want to keep warm this winter.
I’ve just been outside and filled up the bird feeders.
Back inside the house I’ve been watching the birds through the [...]
Posted in Bird Feeders on Oct 30th, 2007 7 Comments »
The grey squirrel is becoming too cheeky and at home in my garden for my liking. Sometimes I feel I could happily kill it. It appears from nowhere and has taken over.
My problem has been if I make the peanut feeder squirrel proof then I make the peanut feeder woodpecker proof as well. So I’ve [...]
