Topic: Vote Now: View from the back door

[SamLouise]

Voting starts today and will finish next Friday because that's when I get back off my holidays :)  Good luck to all those that entered :D  I'll check back before I leave just to make sure there's no glitches!

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Picture 5

[SamLouise]

to Toadspawn with picture 5, a runaway winner.  I love your pic, TS, I wish I had that view from my back door!

Also many thanks to Borlotti (pic 1), Pauline (pic 2), Rosebud (pic 3) and TeeGee (pic 4) who all tied for 2nd place!  ;D

Toadspawn, when you're ready, please pick a topic for the next competition :)

[Borlotti]

Well done Toadspawn, I am sure that I got the sympathy vote, but thank you to anyone who voted for me.  ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D

[Toadspawn]

Thanks for the votes.
It gives me a lot of pleasure to feed the birds and to observe how many appear each day. It costs a fortune but it is worth it. For several months there were as many as 120 Siskins feeding at the same time, plus about 25 Goldfinches. Most days in the winter months there would be 25 different species but even during the summer there have been 13 species.

[Tee Gee]

Well done Toadspawn!

Going on your user name and the picture I guess you are a 'nature lover'

Perhaps now you will be known as the 'Birdman of Chepstow' ;D

[Paulines7]

Well done Toadspawn, you are lucky to have so many birds.

Thank you everyone who voted for my picture which was taken from the door of the caravan whilst in France.

[Borlotti]

Blimey, Pauline, and I thought that you had a very big back garden with a lake.  ;D ;D ;D

[Toadspawn]

Suggestion for a photo category. Not particularly original.

We have had a view from the back door, what about 'view from the bottom of the garden'

or as it is autumn

' autumn fruits and/or berries'

[rosebud]

 Toadspawn, congratulations. ;D ;D

I have been offline so have only just seen your amazing photo. I love it.
Did you know THE RANGE do a very. v large sack of wild bird food for £10-99 looks very good value indeed, any help.

[lorna]

Congratulations Toadspawn.

[Toadspawn]

Thanks Rosebud. I know the Range, one not too far away. Unfortunately many of the wild bird seed mixtures contain wheat. Unless there are lots of pigeons feeding then most of it grows. I now buy Robinsons mix without wheat. A bit more expensive but now no wheat growing in the lawn and lots of small birds coming down to feed on the smaller seeds.
I had a Sparrow Hawk walking about by my feeders today. It stayed for about 10 mins and they really are magnificent birds.