I have found it so difficult and frustrating feeding the birds in this wet weather. Inside the hanging bird feeders the seed gets wet at the bottom of the feeding ports and is wasted, because it clogs together and forms firm clumps. These clumps are no longer any good for birds to eat. Seed that has been spoilt [...]Birds will have a much better chance of surviving the winter if they don’t have to spend hours using energy searching for food – so lets feed our feathered friends! If we get bird feeding into our minds it will be second nature to us! A few top tips – Food and Water for our garden [...]A note from Gillian Hi Tricia, We got a camera bird box a company and frankly we were very disappointed. We did not get any visitors to the box, there was no footage and the box then fell apart within the first year. We then bought a Handykam.com camera bird boxand we were stunned with the [...]I have had magpies dive bombing a nest at the front of my house, they are drinking out of my dog s bowl and two of them were attacking a cat in my neighbours tree, they won t let the smaller birds eat the food i have hanging in the tree for them. [...]Anita I saw a really funny thing a few weeks ago- a Buzzard flew across our garden, hotly pursued by a crow, who was squawking at the Buzzard as he chased it. But the hilarious thing was…. a small bird about the size of a Finch flying also in hot pursuit of the Buzzard, just [...]Here is a advice on stopping attacks – especially near a birdtable Being a pigeon fancier for over 20yrs, i have tried many ways to deter attacks. One of the best was when i hung old cds around the lofts, its almost stopped all attacks at the lofts. If only i could [...] Jo has got in touch to tell us - I was standing watching the bird feeder this morning and noticed that a pair of Dunnocks flitting around the back border. They were dicing with death, diving in and out of the chicken run and pinching pellet feed. If the girls catch them, feathers [...]We have several bird feeders in our back yard and every day for the past week we have had dead sparrows, one day 4. Their beaks and sometimes their heads have been pecked or eaten off. We haven’t seen them kill each other but they certainly do fight constantly. We are thinking of taking down [...]Anyone know what it means if rooks don’t sleep in their rookery We have a rookery near our house. That is a small area of trees were rooks nest. For years and years and years the rooks have roosted in the trees. What a noise they make and what a nuisance they can be when [...]Alan has asked - Is it ok to use lentils & cous cous & should it cooked like rice for the birds? -0-o-o-o-o-o- I’m not sure about this. Does anyone know? Trisha