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Started by Georgie, February 20, 2008, 18:40:14

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Georgie

Starlings, Sparrows, Blue Tits, Blackbirds and a Robin mainly, Lorna.  I've seen the odd Chaffinch, Wagtail and Goldfinch too but not on a regular basis.  I wish I could attract Thrushes but I've never seen one in this garden. 

Shame about the Squabs but beauty is in the eye of the beholder eh?   ;D

G x
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Georgie

'The whole problem with the world is that fools and fanatics are always so certain of themselves, and wiser people so full of doubts.'

lorna

Really envious of the Blue Tits and Robin. I have only ever seen one Blue Tit in my garden and it was a real beauty but unfortunately didn't hang around :'( :'(

Georgie

Okay to add to my wood pigeons and starlings (which I know a lot of people don't like) guess who came visiting today?  Yep, two magpies.  I've never known them to land in the garden before (although I often see them flying around) but they didn't stay around long enough to get a photo.

G x
'The whole problem with the world is that fools and fanatics are always so certain of themselves, and wiser people so full of doubts.'

Toadspawn

Hi Georgie
Magpies, Jackdaws, Jays, Wood Pigeons a and Collared Doves have been visiting my garden virtually every day for months along with about 20 other species of small birds.

Georgie

How lucky you are, Toadspawn, I've never seen a Jay. 

G x
'The whole problem with the world is that fools and fanatics are always so certain of themselves, and wiser people so full of doubts.'

Brogusblue

Hello Georgie and everyone

I have a bird feeding station in the front garden next to my disabled mum's bedroom window so she can look at the birds feeding we have a few regulars to feed a family of Blue Tits, Great Tits, Collared Doves, Starlings, Black Birds and sometimes a Chaffinch and a Greenfinch.

The Blue Tits and Robins are my favorites i have a rosa rugosa hedge in my front garden and i see them flying around and feeding.

I recently added some currants that i had spare in the seed mix and some suet pellets from wilcos and the within 5 mins the table was busy with birds the only problem that scared them off was 1 of neighbours has 16+ cats and one of them caught a large piegon  ::). Apart from that we have a steady flow to the feed during the day nice to see i have noticed that our birds like the feed in nets rather that the clear box or tube feeders

Cheers
Brogusblue
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Georgie

Hi BB.   :)

I bet your Mum gets a great deal of enjoyment watching all those birds.  But a word of advice if I may?  Food in nets can be dangerous because birds can get their claws trapped and injure themselves.  I always take the fat balls out of the nets and drop them into a metal holder and the birds love them. 

G x
'The whole problem with the world is that fools and fanatics are always so certain of themselves, and wiser people so full of doubts.'

Brogusblue

Hello Georgie

Thanks for the advice i will keep i eye out i would like that to happen, i am always looking for feeders i have tried the metal tube and the plastic square feeders but they seem to scare the birds off since i have but the netted feeders from wilcos i have no problems to date.

I must have picky birds i have put fat balls and 1/2 coconuts and they get wasted my birds seem to like seed or mealworms or a little fruit my friend brought some millet for a joke and attached it to pole and the birds where enjoying that as well.

Cheers
Brogusblue
I have been infected by the "rose virus"  ... I have surrendered to my addiction gracefully. There's no recovery"   On the other hand, imagine life without roses – a dreadful thought!

                        The Royal National Rose Society
                                     www.rnrs.org

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