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    House Sparrows

    Try buying online, in bulk. I've used and would recommend both of these suppliers - http://www.food4wildbirds.co.uk/Sunflower%20hearts-c-669.html http://www.burnhills.com/bird-c7/wild-bird-c25 Our local house sparrows generally ignore bread and go straight for the sunflower hearts. It's the...
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    Very busy at the bird feeder today!

    I've just seen my first robin for about five weeks (heard loads). How very Christmassy!
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    Very busy at the bird feeder today!

    It seems to have been a good year for the local starlings. Normally the maximum number seen on the nearby pylon is just over a hundred - in this photo taken on 29th November I counted around two hundred and ten : Quite a few will have hatched under the eaves in our roof, which is a nice...
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    Very busy at the bird feeder today!

    Howdy folks. It's been a while ... but nothing much changes here in our tiny garden. The only thing of any note recently has been our first jackdaw feeding on the peanuts in the squirrel feeder (we haven't seen the squirrels since early spring). Here's some video from yesterday of blue and...
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    Very busy at the bird feeder today!

    Still no juvenile GSWs here :C However in the last week to ten days we've added great tit, greenfinch and magpie to this year's juvenile list.
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    Very busy at the bird feeder today!

    First fledgling blue tit of the year just spotted being fed sunflower hearts by an adult.
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    Very busy at the bird feeder today!

    Just seen the first juvenile goldfinch of the year.
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    Very busy at the bird feeder today!

    Juveniles here so far - blackbird, starling, house sparrow and collared dove.
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    Cat deterrent

    Our neighbours bought a similar thing a few years ago. We were in the garden when Neil was installing it so he proudly told us what it was ... when he switched it on one of our cats walked up to it, put a front paw either side of it on the wall and had a good look/sniff at it to see what the new...
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    Very busy at the bird feeder today!

    I've just heard starling chicks in the nest under the eaves at the back of the house! B (:
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    Very busy at the bird feeder today!

    I know solitary bees like their nest holes to be 1m or more above ground level and south-facing. Ours are about 1.5-1.8m above ground (5-6ft). They can be fascinating to watch, so a position where you can see/photograph them easily is best!
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    Very busy at the bird feeder today!

    Fingers crossed you don't have chilli-head squirrels!
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    Very busy at the bird feeder today!

    An alternative to a special feeder is to add chilli powder to the feed. Birds are completely unaffected by Capsaicin, but the squirrels, being mammals, get the burning sensation we get from chillies :eek!: Put the peanuts in a bowl and add a teaspoonful of chilli powder and mix up well - a...
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    Very busy at the bird feeder today!

    The coal tit has become our newest regular visitor, here are the first pics - Hot off the bird table :t:
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    greenfinch Trichomonosis

    They may be interested in doing a small article on the disease - there was a report in our local rag last spring warning that Trichomonosis was in the area. Luckily we didn't see any ill birds here, and this year greenfinch numbers are up - so fingers crossed for Blandford.
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