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Re: Garden Birds
« Reply #30 on: May 08, 2012, 04:49:10 PM »
From my back garden........

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« Reply #31 on: May 08, 2012, 04:55:09 PM »
Har, har, har, - and I'm the Duke of Devonshire  :P
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« Reply #32 on: May 08, 2012, 05:53:49 PM »
Har, har, har, - and I'm the Duke of Devonshire  :P

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« Reply #33 on: May 08, 2012, 06:29:55 PM »
I spotted the peacock on a wall as I was drove through Holymoorside this morning, got talking to the owner who says she used to have 2 but one got run over.

Below are a family of tits. I get a pair every year, who lay and raise their eggs, then disappear again 'till next spring.

We only get small birds ironically, because we have chickens.
We used to get loads of cats from the neighbours, and magpies, etc. Since getting the chics, the cats and larger birds see them as too much hassle, not something they are scared of exactly, but a reason to go somewhere else. So now all the smaller birds come into our garden and benefit from the chics food and water.

But the chics make a mess of the garden, so bear that in mind, its not the answer to everything.....just lots of free eggs too.

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Re: Garden Birds
« Reply #34 on: May 09, 2012, 12:35:54 PM »
That's a damn site better photo than the one of my robin  :D
Great shot  ;)

Fly - it's not that easy taking photo's of birds is it - they are so quick!!

@ C/Chris - thanks for the tips, I have a bird book which comes so on the next one I will see if they have any of the special feeders - unless Tansley Garden centre have any in this afternoon when I go up.
@ Pete, we started off with sparrows, but I am slowly trying to attract different breads.


This ones a bit foggy cos I took it quick through the window
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Re: Garden Birds
« Reply #35 on: May 09, 2012, 12:39:45 PM »


Another of the Blue Tit.
I watched a Starling ferking in the seed feeder, just flinging food out it was --- until it got to the meal worms I had put at intervals inside. ;)  ;D



and here's my cheeky Robin
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Re: Garden Birds
« Reply #36 on: May 09, 2012, 01:00:08 PM »
I had good results with a traditional wooden bird table close to a hedge on which I strung fat balls every few feet. The hedge gave plenty of cover so the birds felt safe when hopping to and from the bird table. I hung the Niger seed feeder from a corner of the bird table.

It's important to keep cleaning the bird table of droppings - just like humans, birds don't like eating sh*t with their food...

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Re: Garden Birds
« Reply #37 on: May 09, 2012, 04:34:28 PM »
What  a good idea Dave, always a way round things if we think hard enough eh  ;)
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Re: Garden Birds
« Reply #38 on: May 12, 2012, 05:05:35 PM »
Just put these feeders up.
Keep getting interested Blue tits checking out the bird house, but none nesting yet.

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Re: Garden Birds
« Reply #39 on: May 12, 2012, 05:12:12 PM »
Cor - never seen a feeder like that before Fly -I  like the nesting box as well, I haven't got one of those --- yet.
I bought a bird bath the other day, but not seen it being used yet, takes time for the birds to get used to it being there though doesn't it.
I watched a starling the other day - just sat looking into one of the hanging feeders   :o  :D  I came to the conclusion it was wondering how to get the meal worms out which it could see as I have mixed them up with the rest of the seed.  ;)
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Re: Garden Birds
« Reply #40 on: May 12, 2012, 05:19:54 PM »
It was a box of 3 feeders, one niger, one for blue tits and one for robins.
All different seeds, corn etc, and meal worms.
You can connect them together as we have. Tie wrapped it to the post.
Will be a pain to refill as I'll have to cut all the tie wraps LOL
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« Reply #41 on: May 13, 2012, 03:06:57 PM »
mmm bet that will be a bit of a pain - but worth it to watch the birds feed from them.  :)
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« Reply #43 on: May 13, 2012, 07:37:17 PM »
Been to play golf this morning at Stanedge. Appears we have a blue tit nesting in one of the wall mounted ashtrays we have on the clubhouse.
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Re: Garden Birds
« Reply #44 on: May 14, 2012, 12:25:49 PM »
@ C Chris - and there's me chinning at hubby for scalping our lawn!  ;) No thrushes here feeding I am envious!

@JR --- what a grand place to nest - bet you will be keeping your eyes on the progress of the young ones now - along with others  :)
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