Posted in Nest Boxes on Oct 9th, 2008 2 Comments »
Nest box cleaning was underway a few days ago. A ladder to get to the bird boxes was needed.
We have four nest boxes on trees nearby. This one has broken and has an opening from the top to the bottom of it.
The ‘crack’ in the wood is about half an inch at the top. You [...]
Posted in Bird Food on Jan 24th, 2008 No Comments »
Feeding peanuts to birds is now thought of as a bad thing. I have just been told this, but I don’t believe that feeding peanuts to birds is bad!
Birds love peanuts.
It must be wrong to say don’t feed peanuts to birds.
Surely feeding peanuts to birds is a good thing.
I’ve been feeding birds for over ten years and have [...]
Posted in Bird Food on Jan 19th, 2008 No Comments »
Peanuts and birds go together. A lot of birds love peanuts. I put out peanuts every day along with other bird food.
Peanuts are rich in oil and protein and so are a good energy rich bird food to give to birds
Peanuts can be fed to birds in two ways -
Whole Peanuts
Crushed peanuts
In winter I put out both [...]
Posted in Birds I've seen in and around my garden on Dec 30th, 2007 3 Comments »
Yesterday I was close to
a woodpecker.
I was also at eye level with, and close to
an owl.
Would you believe it?
Early yesterday morning I was looking out of the kitchen window and a relaxed woodpecker was tapping away at a tree just about 8 feet away from the kitchen window.
There’s something mesmerising about watching a wild creature in it’s natural [...]
Posted in Fact Sheets for Individual Bird Species on Nov 17th, 2007 No Comments »
Spurred on by the fact that Blue Tit’s have not had a good year I have been putting together a Fact Sheet.
Name of Bird: Blue Tit
Latin Name: Cyanistes caeruleus (or Parus caeruleus)
Feeding:
Feed at the bird table and on the peanut feeder all year round.
Insects such as caterpillars and beetles and spiders
In the Autumn Blue Tits also feed on [...]
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
