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    Robins

    At the side of my garden I have 2 large fir trees which have been lopped to about 10" tall. 2 weeks ago I fixed a robin nest box to one of them just inside the foliage line. To day I saw one of our robins with nest material in its beak, thought great its using the box. Trouble is it flew to...
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    Tanalised timber ok for nest-boxes?

    As well as making nest boxes from planks, I also got some logs. Cut them to size, hollowed them out with a 1" flat drill. Then drilled a hole in the side and put a roof on top. Quite rustic but knocked up in an afternoon, looks quite good. Good luck. John
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    My Birdcake Recipe

    I have found the same, home made is better. I add some chopped peanuts and sultanas to the seed mix.
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    frustrated

    Shrek I got a couple of peices of branch 2" thick, drilled holes in them. Put some home made suet mix in them, unlike commercial suet mix birds went wild for it. Tesco own brand suet (50p) chop up peanuts and cheap sultanas and mix with melted suet and wild bird seed, then fill up holes or...
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    Filters Cleaned in Dishwasher?

    Glasses are scratched after being washed in a dishwasher, initially they look cleaner but go cloudy after a time. What happens if no cleaner is used I do not know but the machine may well have salt in it to soften the water, which might have an adverse effect. Also the coatings may be affected...
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    Chinon 7 × 35

    Nick I worked for Dixons in the 70s. Chinon were the premium brand sold in Dixon shops Prinz were the cheaper (own brand) ones. Dixons had sole retail rights in the UK for Chinon cameras and binoculars. In my opinion they were as good as the East German Zeiss (cold war days), not as good as...
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    peanuts or sunflowers seeds

    Have a friend who is moving to East Anglia, he wanted a recipe for making fat balls, put a request on the site and found an earlier thread. Most of them use suet rather than fat. Suet has a higher melting point and lasts longer that soft fat. On saturday made my own fat ball. Chopped peanuts...
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    Fruit trees?

    I had a small bush with the same yellow apple type fruit on, nothing ate them. However it might have been a quince?
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    Seed Consumed.

    I had a simular problem with putting mixed seed into these feeders, birds would throw out the seeds they did not fancy to get to the ones they liked leaving a mess on the floor. Use 12" trays, drill a hole through the bottom of the feeder and centre of tray and bolt them togeather, put a few...
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    Help Please

    Thanks Chris. Have found a couple more recipes, however there are two things some one could help me with. Some threads say fat goes mouldy quickly where as a commercial brand suet has a long shelf life, any ideas? Can anyone explain the process of rendering fat into suet and does this process...
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    £50.00 Fixed Penalty Fine For Feeding The Birds

    Where has common sence gone!! Firstly pay the fine. Save us the taxpayers the expence of the court hearing. Secondly use the proposed court costs to benefit birds not make solicitors richer. Thirdly feed the birds where you will not cause nuisance of offence to others.
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    help needed

    The reason behind my comment was not that the seeds will not grow but wild bird seed contains many seeds (sunflower, sweetcorn, wheat, millet etc) including in some cases hemp, fine for the birds to eat. But who wants to look out on a wheat field in their garden. Using a wild flower mix in the...
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    Gardening for HOUSE SPARROWS - how to help LINK

    I regulary have a dozen or so feed in my garden every day, whilst happy to feed them I am always on the lookout for other species. Thanks to your article I will take even greater pleasure in watching them. I have 6 nest boxes I have made 3 of which are for sparrows, will put them out at the...
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    Help Please

    Thanks
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    Help Please

    A friend of mine is moving to Norfolk soon and wants a couple of recipies, one for suet cake and the other for using fat from beef joints to make bird cake. Thanks
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