General Chat

i feed most of the year,even when theres plenty of natural stuff,they are thoroughly spoilt ,i have a container for the fat balls it holds about 5 and there are several types of bird hanging from it.its costing a fortune at the moment for seed and peanuts, i have about 10 containers round the garden,still i dont mind.they are worth it wendy

wendy, you are softer than I am.......... we buy these huge bags of bird food from the agricultural shops.........sacks of them..we used to have peacocks when we lived down south, and chickens and ducks..

*sighs.....all I seem to get are pigeons...there are two at the moment sitting on my wall and *rapping......lol

Sandra, Thanks for posting this thread, its so very important to remember the birds when the weather is so bad,Good for you!! Roxanne x

Thank you Roxanne!

Sandra im soft with all aimals,i opened the porch door the other day and found a live newt,,picked it up and put it in the flowerpot next to the door. the only thing im not soft with is SLUGS.horrible things keep crawling over the worktops at night ,if im up i pck them up with a tissue and throw them over the back field. i can just hear them as they sail into the wind ' oh not again ' too k me ages to get there lol wendy. ps anyone got a spare frog i can keep in the kitchen.

Wendy, look at the thread Roxanne has on now...........Sob.......

I have three bird houses, three fat balls and two lots of seeds in my garden and the birds do not take advantage of any of them !! I don't know whether this is a result of the decline in the general bird population, we certainly used to see a lot of birds in the garden. Then again, everyone round here puts out balls, seeds etc. for them so perhaps they are spoilt for choice !!!

I make sure our birds have enough - our main regulars at the mo are two pairs of blackbirds and a robin and some starlings and collared doves. I save the fat from sausages whatever I cook on tinfoil and soak it up with a slice of bread for them. Blackbirds love bananas and apples too so sometimes an extra soft one goes outside, plus outof date dried fruits, soaked first. We put up Fat balls and seeds/nuts in containers too. If you do start feeding the birds, try and get someone else to do it for you if you go away, as when they are used to coming and then turn up and there is nothing, they are wasting energy.

Went in the garden earlier in my wellies to remove quite a good layer of snow from the bird table and their bath. Topped their seed up again and rinesd the bath out with a bucket of warm water then topped it up again for them to have a paddle and a drink of course!!! As well as the mixed seed they have fat balls and berry suet block and any of our leftovers, bread, crackers, biscuits, cake etc. Ever likely they keep coming back for more!!!!! My main worry is if we get bird flu really bad do we still feed the birds or not? Kath

I put food out for the birds daily....they reward my efforts by entertaining me with their antics. The seven blackbirds are great fun to watch! Their favourite seems to be the 'cakes' I make with seed, porridge oats, and dripping. Reg