Feeding the birds
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Re: Feeding the birds
It's either green or a black one with white spots!
Re: Feeding the birds
not seeing many blue/great tits at my 3rd floor feeder. But they have been replaced by Robins of all things. I thought they were ground feeders but the ones I see have mastered the spikes I have put up to prevent pigeons getting to the food. I am also seeing starlings - they seem to come early morning as I hear them knocking around the spikes to get to the food. The green parakeets fly all over the place with their raucious banter but they dont visit me any more.
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Hi,
So Sparrows and Robbins black birds fighting for the food.
A few great tits they just visit the birdbath to drink.
Occasional goldfinch.
Then you have the crows including jackdaws magpies et cetera.
A few pigeons and one came to grief by one of our several visiting cats.
Dunnocks and blue tits seem to have gone.
So Sparrows and Robbins black birds fighting for the food.
A few great tits they just visit the birdbath to drink.
Occasional goldfinch.
Then you have the crows including jackdaws magpies et cetera.
A few pigeons and one came to grief by one of our several visiting cats.
Dunnocks and blue tits seem to have gone.
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Meet Fred and Barney. Rescued from a wall cavity by my daughter while we were out (anyone know a plasterer ). Advice taken on how to feed and they are doing well. We have decided to take them to a rescue centre as we won’t be able to handle it if the worst happens.
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Hi,
Oh the hedgehogs are coming out during daylight, that's not very normal unless they are really hungry, maybe building a family?
Oh the hedgehogs are coming out during daylight, that's not very normal unless they are really hungry, maybe building a family?
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Had a wren nesting in a bush in our garden until about an hour ago, was washing up and saw a magpie attack the nest and eat 2 of the eggs which had fallen to the ground.
Don't know what to do, horrible seeing it, should I shoot them or not?
Don't know what to do, horrible seeing it, should I shoot them or not?
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No of course not
Birds make new nests and lay new eggs
Birds make new nests and lay new eggs
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Saw several thrushes close, they seem to be quite brave, and a green-yellow woodpecker just a couple of metres away, it made off when it saw me slowing down to observe it
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Re: Feeding the birds
Hi,
Blue tits nesting in the boxes.
Great tits coming to feed.
Usual black birds swoop low when I go outside anticipating.
Robins a plenty.
But the pigeons are begging.
Two seaguls are eyeing up the flat roof.
A rat is back but only a few days ago.
A couple of hedge hogs are snoring in the boxes.
All is well
The bird bath is empty because the seaguls are swamping it
Blue tits nesting in the boxes.
Great tits coming to feed.
Usual black birds swoop low when I go outside anticipating.
Robins a plenty.
But the pigeons are begging.
Two seaguls are eyeing up the flat roof.
A rat is back but only a few days ago.
A couple of hedge hogs are snoring in the boxes.
All is well
The bird bath is empty because the seaguls are swamping it
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Re: Feeding the birds
From 5am.
Every morning.
I don't see you on here son: https://www.bto.org/our-science/project ... ds/s1-list
Just saying
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Re: Feeding the birds
Had about 30 starlings on the lawn last night. Spotted a wren and a goldcrest this week too.
The squirrels only have to see my air rifle poke out of the bathroom window and their gone!!
The squirrels only have to see my air rifle poke out of the bathroom window and their gone!!
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We've a Woodpecker comes every morning to hang on the fat balls.Bonefishblues wrote: ↑27 Apr 2021, 5:31pm F33A46FA-46B4-466E-8BA8-8BC8E08E4EC3_1_105_c.jpeg
Mr W Pecker using an open-fronted birdbox as a resonator.
From 5am.
Every morning.
I don't see you on here son: https://www.bto.org/our-science/project ... ds/s1-list
Just saying
A few years ago we participated in a, i think RSPB, online bird survey. We weren’t permitted to enter Woodpecker as, they insisted, it is not a garden bird.
Why is it in my garden then?
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I recommend a humane trap as the first step in the process.philvantwo wrote: ↑29 Apr 2021, 8:22amThe squirrels only have to see my air rifle poke out of the bathroom window and their gone!!
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There are lots of ways to keep squirrels off feeders without resorting to harming them.
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I think that you need to say what type, such as Lesser Spotted, Greater Spotted, European Green, etc.
'Woodpecker' is not a species.
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