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Post by Louise on Nov 28, 2011 16:46:39 GMT
The dunnocks are very quick flitty little things !
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Post by Louise on Dec 11, 2011 9:03:14 GMT
This morning the restaurant in the rowan tree is very busy ;D
In the winter the blackcaps are always there, tucking into the suet blocks and the sunflower hearts, they're one of my favourite birds and this morning they're definately in the mood for suet ;D
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Post by Geranium on Dec 11, 2011 9:05:26 GMT
I still can't feed our birds - not until the rats have definitely been despatched!  |
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Post by Louise on Dec 11, 2011 10:06:18 GMT
Your grounds are large enough for you to have feeders in numerous locations, if you relocated the feeders away from the area that the rats visit the problem's already greatly alleviated.
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Post by Geranium on Dec 11, 2011 12:20:34 GMT
I've been looking around for suitable positions - I'm intending to try exactly that.  |
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Post by Cherry on Dec 11, 2011 16:47:49 GMT
The rats move a fair distance for bird food. It won't be long. How many days have you been baiting them Geranium?
We have two great spotted woodpeckers eating the peanuts and fat balls. There are also two or three ordinary woodpeckers but they are just eating whatever they are getting out of the grass at the front.
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Post by wildlifefriendly on Dec 11, 2011 17:18:01 GMT
In the winter the blackcaps are always there, tucking into the suet blocks and the sunflower hearts, they're one of my favourite birds and this morning they're definately in the mood for suet ;D It is amazing what a relatively short distance makes to bird species, we sometimes get one Blackcap but they are rare visitors. We get lots of Greater spotted woodpeckers but very rarely does a Green woodpecker venture into the garden. |
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Post by merlin on Dec 11, 2011 17:35:01 GMT
In the winter the blackcaps are always there, tucking into the suet blocks and the sunflower hearts, they're one of my favourite birds and this morning they're definately in the mood for suet ;D It is amazing what a relatively short distance makes to bird species, we sometimes get one Blackcap but they are rare visitors. We get lots of Greater spotted woodpeckers but very rarely does a Green woodpecker venture into the garden. I'd love to see a green one, I suppose it depends what food you put out but though we put both mixed seed and nuts we're getting less and less small birds  |
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Post by seaburn on Dec 11, 2011 17:44:41 GMT
we spotted a small flock of long tailed tits today [8 at any one time] and 2 chaffinches for the first time in 2 years. we used to get alot of them with greenfinches then they were decimated by a virus [or thats what i think i read as the cause of the numbers dropping]
the female sparrowhawk was through the garden again today taking a collared dove as she went. Cant say I will miss the dove, there are regularly 8 at a time shredding plants Grrr
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Post by Louise on Dec 11, 2011 17:54:16 GMT
That disease is a cruel one making the birds die of suffocation as they can't breathe, feed or drink, it's highly contagious and spread through unwashed feeding areas. Finches are the most susceptable  Used to get a few pairs of collard doves but the sparrowhawk's had them all, i read they are slow and cumbersome to take-off and so easy pickings for the hawks |
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Post by peony on Dec 11, 2011 19:00:42 GMT
That disease is a cruel one making the birds die of suffocation as they can't breathe, feed or drink, it's highly contagious and spread through unwashed feeding areas. Finches are the most susceptable Used to get a few pairs of collard doves but the sparrowhawk's had them all, i read they are slow and cumbersome to take-off and so easy pickings for the hawks I had 2 pairs of collared doves last year Louise, but none this year, so I think the sparrowhawk has taken them. |
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Post by joysie21 on Dec 11, 2011 22:07:33 GMT
I saw lots of starlings flying into the garden next door i hope she wasnt throwing bread out for them
a few came in my garden to have a drink and a bath
but i dont see any birds very often only the pidgeons on the roofs
i stopped throwing seed out on the patio as mice were eating it
the birds dont seem to like eating seeds out of containers
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Post by Louise on Dec 12, 2011 7:29:24 GMT
No, don't put food onto the floor, it's asking for trouble. The ground feeders will eat from a mesh container on the floor but most of the small songbirds are clingers so use hanging feeders, site them so they're nestled in decently dense trees and bushes or they'll just get picked-off by the hawks. Perhaps post this in the main Our Garden Birds thread  |
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Post by steve on Dec 12, 2011 8:15:31 GMT
Just done that for you Louise |
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Post by Geranium on Dec 12, 2011 9:44:01 GMT
The rats move a fair distance for bird food. It won't be long. How many days have you been baiting them Geranium?We have two great spotted woodpeckers eating the peanuts and fat balls. There are also two or three ordinary woodpeckers but they are just eating whatever they are getting out of the grass at the front. I think it's over a week now, Cherry. The bait has all gone from the trap again today, but I've risked putting food out for the birds again. We shall see!  |
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