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By (user no longer on site) OP   
over a year ago

Bore da Fabbbers and friends.

Pooch and I have just returned from a rather chilly walk. Heavens the weather has turned colder. I know there is snow forecast for some.of.you. Jolly japes in the snow , sledges and snow men.

Its a delightful time.

Lets not forget our feathered chums in this weather.

So chums we are asking you feed the wild birds this winter, and fresh water too.

They make us smile with their songs and beautiful colours , so lets do our bit to make them smile

Taff and Pooch

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

I try to feed them all year but they don't touch it got another 2 bird box's up so maybe have some more blue tits nesting again next year.

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago


"Bore da Fabbbers and friends.

Pooch and I have just returned from a rather chilly walk. Heavens the weather has turned colder. I know there is snow forecast for some.of.you. Jolly japes in the snow , sledges and snow men.

Its a delightful time.

Lets not forget our feathered chums in this weather.

So chums we are asking you feed the wild birds this winter, and fresh water too.

They make us smile with their songs and beautiful colours , so lets do our bit to make them smile

Taff and Pooch "

feeders filled every other day in my garden

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

I had this discussion with my daughter yesterday and she wanted me to buy bird seed etc..I said no...as the 2 pussies will have a field day id rather not encourage them to fly into the garden of doom...

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By *ivnwcplCouple
over a year ago

liverpool


"Bore da Fabbbers and friends.

Pooch and I have just returned from a rather chilly walk. Heavens the weather has turned colder. I know there is snow forecast for some.of.you. Jolly japes in the snow , sledges and snow men.

Its a delightful time.

Lets not forget our feathered chums in this weather.

So chums we are asking you feed the wild birds this winter, and fresh water too.

They make us smile with their songs and beautiful colours , so lets do our bit to make them smile

Taff and Pooch "

We seldom get birds in our Garden, one neighbour has 3 cats and the other 1, so they are always sitting on the wall, scaring the birds away

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By *aneandpaulCouple
over a year ago

cleveleys

We feed the birds every winter got one of those bird feeding stations on our decking also have bird feeders round the garden. The birds do get to know you and trust you let you get quiet close

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By (user no longer on site) OP   
over a year ago


"We feed the birds every winter got one of those bird feeding stations on our decking also have bird feeders round the garden. The birds do get to know you and trust you let you get quiet close"

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

I think my neighbours feed the birds round here laxatives given the state of my car some days!

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By *awtymarkyMan
over a year ago

chester

Thus time of year you need to change the food you put out. They tend to stop feeding on nuts seeds but will key munching on fat balls. If you have a roast save all the meat fat plus also goose fat from your roasties and let the birds munch away.

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago


"Thus time of year you need to change the food you put out. They tend to stop feeding on nuts seeds but will key munching on fat balls. If you have a roast save all the meat fat plus also goose fat from your roasties and let the birds munch away."
Leave a few Statin tablets out too to help with their cholesterol levels

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

I bought a couple of coconut halves filled with berries and some kinda fat from poundland the other day - the birds absolutely love them!

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By *ust RachelTV/TS
over a year ago

Horsham

Sadly I don't have a garden, due to living in a flat. But I usually put out the suet in a coconut shell, feeders with nuts in, basically anything I can put up in the trees in the communal area.

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By *carlet_heavenWoman
over a year ago

somewhere in the sticks


"I think my neighbours feed the birds round here laxatives given the state of my car some days!"

Its statistically proven that birds much prefer to poo on red cars

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

you dont need to feed them all year - plenty of food most of the time - we had to stop for a couple of winters as alot of major building work and land clearing was going on nearby - this disturbed the rat population and they got the food almost as soon as you put it out - those fat balls are brill

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

I live in a flat so it's not an option.

But don't forget water for them

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By *-ManMan
over a year ago

Kark

My roof seems to be the local meet up point of every crow in a 30 mile radius, the fuckers be having running battles at 7am!

If you put out slices of bread, wet it first so that the crows cant pick it up and fly away leave nothing for the small birds and in the really cold weather, its water that the birds really need

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By *trawberry-popWoman
over a year ago

South East Midlands NOT

We've got fat balls out in our garden. I'll be moving to a flat soon though so unlikely to be able to. Never know, they might feed from the balcony. I'll give it a try once i'm settled!

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over a year ago

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

There are a pair of swans that always swim up to the balcony at one of my work places so I am taking them some hovis wholemeal bread today

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

I have a half a coconut hanging from my office window.

It's great to look at the birds rather than work

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

Nice thread OP, been doing it for decades, can't imagine a world without them.

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago


"We've got fat balls out in our garden. I'll be moving to a flat soon though so unlikely to be able to. Never know, they might feed from the balcony. I'll give it a try once i'm settled! "

I've seen birds feeding from balcony feeders, good luck with the move.

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago


"I had this discussion with my daughter yesterday and she wanted me to buy bird seed etc..I said no...as the 2 pussies will have a field day id rather not encourage them to fly into the garden of doom... "

I'm the same, I love birds and would happily feed them but to put feed in my garden would be baiting them to their death as my cat just catches and kills everything

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By *trawberry-popWoman
over a year ago

South East Midlands NOT


"We've got fat balls out in our garden. I'll be moving to a flat soon though so unlikely to be able to. Never know, they might feed from the balcony. I'll give it a try once i'm settled!

I've seen birds feeding from balcony feeders, good luck with the move. "

Depends if I get the flat with the balcony or not! Damned property market!

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By *icky999Man
over a year ago

warrington

on a friday, everyone should feed the fucking pigeons

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By *innamon!Woman
over a year ago

no matter

I have the fattest birds and squirrels in the neighbourhood. They get fed all the birdseed not used by the parrots. Silly blue tits are nesting already OH just bought two more nest boxs for them.

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago


"We've got fat balls out in our garden. I'll be moving to a flat soon though so unlikely to be able to. Never know, they might feed from the balcony. I'll give it a try once i'm settled!

I've seen birds feeding from balcony feeders, good luck with the move.

Depends if I get the flat with the balcony or not! Damned property market! "

You can get window feeders, be nice to see them right outside the window. I know what you mean about property, my son is trying to find somewhere in London.

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

sunflower hearts and mealworms are very popular, go like hot cakes. Top up four feeders every day so I buy in bulk, much cheaper than buying a small bag in a pet store. Always have fresh water for them to drink and bathe in even in winter! Have a cock pheasant and a cock blackbird come every morning for breakfast, they wait for me!

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By *aro7Man
over a year ago

wickford

Pardon mrs ardon there's a blue bird in your garden!

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By *ivemeyoursoulWoman
over a year ago

Easter just around the corner!


"I had this discussion with my daughter yesterday and she wanted me to buy bird seed etc..I said no...as the 2 pussies will have a field day id rather not encourage them to fly into the garden of doom... "

I'm with you,we have a cat,I'd love to feed the birds I have a big wooden bird stand,but haven't bothered putting any food on it since we adopted the cat

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

Feed the all the time, but have an ongoing fight with the grey squirrels, clever little fookers but they will not beat me. Jim

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By *ophieslutTV/TS
over a year ago

Central

I've found the most popular feed is Sunflower hearts - the de-shelled seed hearts. Eaten by blue, great, cold and long tailed tits as well as robins, green, bull and gold finches and I think the tiny wrens that stay here. The house and hedge sparrows love them too.

The down side is we had 8 magpies just in one tree this week.

It's also good to add variety and to feed all year where possible.

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

Looking after a house for a client on the edge of town .feed the birds there regularly and so far on last couple of months they've had as well as the regular birds you see a heron, a pheasent and a woodpecker. .its amazing yo see them so close

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By *entaur_UKMan
over a year ago

Cannock

I have a bird feeder and a bird bath in the garden, it attracts a lot of tits.

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By *uietlykinkymeWoman
over a year ago

kinky land

I don't feed the gulls. Have thought they would eat me, given half a chance

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