Tag Archives: Bird feeding
Amazon winter wildlife bestsellers
The weather across Europe is getting colder and wildlife is preparing to bed down for the colder months. It is the time when a lot of gardeners and other people get in their stocks to help the local wildlife through the winter months. With the range of goods on offer it can be a bit [...]
The best recommended squirrel proof bird feeders
You could be forgiven for thinking that Britain has by-passed Summer and headed straight into Autumn. It’s now July and there’s no sign of dry or warm weather on it’s way. This makes it essential to carry on feeding the garden birds. Wet weather can really restrict the amount of food available for birds so putting out food will [...]
Wildlife gardening hits the High Street.
There was a time, not so long ago, when if you wanted anything more than just a few peanuts to feed the birds you would either buy mail order (or online with today’s technology) or you’d stock up on your visit to a garden centre. Feeding wildlife is big business now and increasingly the High Street shops [...]
10 Top tips for feeding birds
The longest day has been and gone and with it the majority of our garden birds have completed their breeding cycle. Apart from a few late second attempts our wild birds are no longer feeding their broods and most fledglings are now pretty well developed and looking after themselves. It’s a good time to look [...]
There’s more to life than fat.
The last few days has seen a big change in the visitors to my wild bird feeding station. My regular fledglings are no longer coming as often as they did to feed on the suet cakes and they are also changing their feeding habits. While I’ll miss their almost constant presence at the window sill, [...]
It’s Feed the Birds Day today
Today is the Royal Society for the Protection of Birds (RSPB) Feed the Birds Day. As October draws to a close the colder winter months are fast approaching and as the last of the berries and fruit disappears from the trees birds look to us for extra help. With a survey earlier in the year [...]