UPDATE: Competition CLOSED. Congratulations to the following, you’ve each won £50 in reward points! An email is winging its way over to you, so please keep a look out for it! The winners are (in no particular order): Jill Haley Nigel Scarth Brenda Southwell —– Original Article Below You can still complete the quiz if you’d like, but you won’t be entered into …
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UPDATE 30th October – Competition now closed. Thank you to everyone that submitted songs, we’ve been through them and picked our favourite entries. Congratulations to the following people, we’ll be in touch shortly to arrange your prize: Janet Fay Nightingale by Nora Jones Albatross by Fleetwood Mac Pretty Flamingo by Manfred Mann Miranda Griffin Night Owl by Carly Simon A Nightingale sang in Berkeley Square …
Continue readingAutumn is one of the best times to observe many forms of wildlife. At this time of year, it’s common to see the Brambling, Redwing, Waxwing, Fieldfare, Coal Tit, Nuthatch, Siskin, Spotted Woodpecker, Jay and more as they start to bulk up before Winter. It’s important for them to find plentiful food sources at this time of year, in fact their very survival through the …
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Thank you to everyone that voted in our August 2019 Photo Competition! We had a fantastic turnout with just over 400 photos from our customers. It’s been tricky to pick the winners, but we’ve just about managed it. Read on to see the winners and what they’ve won! 1st Place Photographer: David Howse Prize: £100 in Reward Points Bird: Nuthatch
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Why don’t you test your knowledge in our bird identification quiz. We’ve increased the difficulty a little on the last competition, so have a go and good luck! Up for grabs this month is a 12.55kg bag of Premium Sunflower Hearts. To enter, simply scroll down to our quiz, fill in your details and answer the questions before midnight on Tuesday the 27th August 2019. …
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Your garden bird will definitely appreciate being fed in the Winter months, but what about Summer? You might be surprised to hear that it’s important to keep feeding birds throughout the year. This helps them out by giving them a place to feed in the event of food shortages or changes to the landscape around you. Feeding wild birds in our gardens is an enjoyable …
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What is Niger Seed? Niger seed (often called Nyger Seed or Nyjer Seed) comes from an African yellow daisy. It is rich in oil content and highly nutritious. It’s perfect for treating the small birds in your area – particularly goldfinches. You might also see Niger Seed referred to as ‘Thistle Seed’, but they’re actually two different seeds. The general belief is that this misconception …
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This week we’re celebrating Hedgehog Awareness Week, with the focus this year being on Hedgehog habitats and what you can do to help nearby hedgehogs. Why Are Habitats a Problem? As we build more and more houses and use up suitable land, we also eat into the hedgehog’s habitat. Whilst this isn’t too much of a problem when you think of what might be …
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Actually we have THREE winners! Since we had such a good response with over 250 photos submitted, we added a second and third prize and upped the prize for first place. Since our judges struggled to narrow it down past 20 entries, we opened up the voting to everyone via our blog. Over 150 responses later and we have a winner! 2nd Place Aubrey Bass
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UPDATE 27th March: Thank you to everyone that has voted, the competition is now closed. View the winners here. – – – – – – – – – – – We’ve been blown away by the response to our latest photo competition! We had over 250 entries, which our judges struggled to narrow down. After several hours, we finally managed to get them to narrow …
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