Bird Feeding
After an outstanding Springwatch last year, BBC Springwatch 2016 is sure to bring us plentiful action from nature around the UK. Details are scarce, but we’re quite certain the usual Springwatch television series presenters will be on hand to provide unseen (and, who knows, maybe unknown) information about wildlife around the British Isles. Of course, we’ll keep you updated on any new information about Springwatch 2016 …
Continue readingEVERYONE HAS SEEN BIRDS feeding from bird feeders hanging from trees and bird tables filled with seed. However, there are plenty of birds that feed from the ground. See all our ground feeders Song thrushes, wrens, chaffinches, dunnocks, blackbirds, house sparrows and robins are birds that mostly scour for insects and other forms of sustenance from soil. Providing feed for these ground-feeding birds may seem …
Continue readingBBC’s autumn watch was back at the start of this week, packed with intriguing insight into British wildlife in Autumn 2015. Over the coming week we will be bringing you the highlights of autumn watch and all the best advice for your garden visitors. This year Autumn watch is live from The Wildfowl & Wetland trust (WWT) in Caerlaverock. It has the largest salt marsh landscape …
Continue readingA few weeks from now, our fine spiked friends will go into hibernation. It is no menial affair that these hedgehogs must put on as much fat as possible; otherwise they risk dying in their sleep. And this, for such as beloved creature, one that resonates with symbolic pleasure as it gives us a glimpse of true rambling nature in our gardens, is simply unacceptable. …
Continue readingWhen once we heard the flurry of beautiful birdsong over the breeding and fledgling months, the approach to autumn is somewhat a barren affair, with hardly a melody to be heard. You may even ask yourselves why it is that that all goes quiet. Well, the answer is twofold. Firstly, many of our summer visitors pack their bags and say cheerio to the winter, which …
Continue readingWow, we never expected so many entries this time around. We’d like to say a big thank you to all those who entered the Bird Bonus Quiz. It was fun, and due to the large number of top marks, we’ve had to sift through randomly and apply our results to the mighty Random Tea Generator. Therefore, the teaspoon has decided that Steve Miller is …
Continue readingTo enter the quiz, answer all ten questions; only one entry per person. The quiz closes at midnight on Thursday 27th August. The winner will be selected based on the most points, not percentage achieved. If more than one person equals first place, we will have a random prize draw using the fabulous Random Tea Maker. Entrants must reside within UK mainland. Good luck! Please …
Continue readingAfter a few rounds around the office, with almost a fully blown fisty-fight, an argument and a break up (they are now at separate sides of the room), choosing the winner was no easy task. Despite this, we got there in the end, and we all voted on the most fantastic selfie captured by Alfie, who was on his trampoline with a grasshopper when the …
Continue readingOrdinary bird seed, although cheaper, comes with the potential for growth of unrelenting and extraneous vegetation in your beloved garden. A once clean patch of fertile grass under your bird seed feeder can quickly become home to unwanted growth. However, there is a solution, and it comes in the form of our no waste bird seed mix. The basic idea is to prevent seed from …
Continue readingSelfies are red hot right now, so we thought we’d have a competition to win a wildlife camera kit worth £110, our BIGGEST ever competition. What you need to do… Simply snap a selfie with some wildlife and upload your photo below (pets, zoo animals and interesting works of wildlife art allowed). Upload your photo below by clicking the ‘choose file’ button, select your photo …
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