Fruit for birds
One way to feed birds is to plant a variety of native shrubs or even hedges. This is natural food for birds. Next time you are at a Garden Centre – think British bird A bush needs planting once and...
View ArticleBlackbirds and hawberries
I’ve just been watching two blackbirds who seemed as though they didn’t have a care in the world. They were flying in and out of a Hawthorn Hedge which runs along a lane. As they perched on branches...
View ArticleHedgerow Diversity
Should we put our hedgerows to work for diversity of hedgerow species? This could be on farmland, in gardens, perhaps in parks. In the North of England where I live a lot of the hedges are Hawthorn....
View ArticleAn old bush and a bit of lawn
When the snow was coming thick and fast this area of lawn and the old bush was a haven for the garden birds. I put bird food under the snow covered bush. I also put a piece of wood up against the...
View ArticleKnapweed for Birds
Knapweed grows wild in the countryside and many birds including goldfinches and other finches feed on the seeds. Why not try this colourful wildflower in your garden. They flower year after year...
View ArticlePESKY SPARROWS EATING PANSY PETALS
‘Don’t put that plant outside because all those pesky sparrows always eat the pansy petals. What a nuisance they are. Pesky sparrows – why are there so many of them?’ It’s Mothers Day and for the...
View ArticleSPARROWS GETTING WATER FROM PRIMROSE PETALS?!
In March last year I heard someone saying that sparrows were getting all her pansy petals A YEAR LATER! A year later I hear about the same thing happening. Kaya said – i have a birdfeeder on my little...
View ArticleLaurel Hedge Problem – Have you had the same problem?
We have a laurel hedge that a lot of birds use for nesting and for roosting on a night in winter. We are having a problem with this hedge and have asked advice from RV Rogers, Nurserymen, at...
View ArticlePLANT A HEDGE – IT IS A LEGACY FOR THE FUTURE
Nest sites for birds are important, but just as important are places where birds can shelter and roost As well as providing nesting sites, a thick row of hedges gives birds really good protection...
View ArticlePESKY SPARROWS EATING PETALS
I too have lost loads of primal petals to cheeky house sparrows… They seem to love the blue ones but they haven’t demolished the yellow or red ones… I find it most peculiar because the only chomp on...
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