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"Thanks for the advice op, clearly something you are passionate about" It's tough out their with 4 trillion cats intent on killing them, plus the ice and snow covering up food sources. I'm looking forward to my robin who is getting braver and braver and now sits about a foot away from me if I'm in the garden. It's a good feeling when you see the numbers of visitors to your garden increase because of your help | |||
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"I feed the birds 365 days a year " You're awarded SAMs medal | |||
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"Done already . We have the mixed seed, niger seeds and fat balls out. We have had blue tits, long tail tits and even robin's are going on the station. We get loads of starlings and they decimate the fat balls.We have a little cat now and in the summer she twice brought us a baby wren. She didn't harm them though." You're lucky to get wrens, starlings are a pain and the sheer numbers make it look like they're bullying the others but they need food as well. I've got a robin that's really friendly | |||
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"I help feed them! Does that count? But at moment, where I live, it's not set up for feeding them, busy main road on one side, private car park and hidden doorway on other, mean's no where to actually feed them. " He tops up my feeders at weekends | |||
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"If you can tell me how to keep hem them safe from my cat.. and all the neighbours ones... " You can get cat collars that alarm when they "launch" at the birds | |||
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"Done already . We have the mixed seed, niger seeds and fat balls out. We have had blue tits, long tail tits and even robin's are going on the station. We get loads of starlings and they decimate the fat balls.We have a little cat now and in the summer she twice brought us a baby wren. She didn't harm them though. You're lucky to get wrens, starlings are a pain and the sheer numbers make it look like they're bullying the others but they need food as well. I've got a robin that's really friendly " We have lots of nests in the garden. We have lots of trees. This year we've had blue tits, long tailed tits, great tits, robins, wrens , doves and blackbirds | |||
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"I help feed them! Does that count? But at moment, where I live, it's not set up for feeding them, busy main road on one side, private car park and hidden doorway on other, mean's no where to actually feed them. " You can get bird feeders that attach by suction cup to your window or you could hang one from a communal tree ? Any help is appreciated | |||
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"I have all the necessary bird food out for my little friends. I have a hedgehog or too come in at night and got their food out just for them and watch them on my hogwatch app on my phone link from my camera. It's a delight to see the little hedgehogs snuffling around filling up before they hibernate. " Loving the hog watch app idea | |||
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"I help feed them! Does that count? But at moment, where I live, it's not set up for feeding them, busy main road on one side, private car park and hidden doorway on other, mean's no where to actually feed them. You can get bird feeders that attach by suction cup to your window or you could hang one from a communal tree ? Any help is appreciated " Nope, have looked, won't work. But I have a cunning plan! | |||
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"I have all the necessary bird food out for my little friends. I have a hedgehog or too come in at night and got their food out just for them and watch them on my hogwatch app on my phone link from my camera. It's a delight to see the little hedgehogs snuffling around filling up before they hibernate. " I have lots of hedgehogs, they snaffle the sunflower seeds that drop from the feeder stations. I am a hedgehog release site too | |||
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"If you can tell me how to keep hem them safe from my cat.. and all the neighbours ones... You can get cat collars that alarm when they "launch" at the birds " I'm a bit worried about putting a collar on Molly as she climbs trees, I'm worried she'll caught up. To be fair, she's quite good and normally just goes under a bush and watch them | |||
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"I help feed them! Does that count? But at moment, where I live, it's not set up for feeding them, busy main road on one side, private car park and hidden doorway on other, mean's no where to actually feed them. You can get bird feeders that attach by suction cup to your window or you could hang one from a communal tree ? Any help is appreciated Nope, have looked, won't work. But I have a cunning plan! " It would have to be squirrel proof at your place. | |||
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"If you can tell me how to keep hem them safe from my cat.. and all the neighbours ones... You can get cat collars that alarm when they "launch" at the birds I'm a bit worried about putting a collar on Molly as she climbs trees, I'm worried she'll caught up. To be fair, she's quite good and normally just goes under a bush and watch them " They come with 'snap' catches, that snap under pressure to stop cats getting strung up | |||
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"Thanks Sam x It's great to give nature a helping hand where possible " It really is, I think as the generations of people get older and kids are more tech oriented simple things like this could be forgotten in a decade or two. I got my kids involved when young and they help fill the feeders and break the ice on the water source. | |||
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"I have all the necessary bird food out for my little friends. I have a hedgehog or too come in at night and got their food out just for them and watch them on my hogwatch app on my phone link from my camera. It's a delight to see the little hedgehogs snuffling around filling up before they hibernate. " Aah, we have a hedgehog sanctuary down the lane, so we get lots of little visitors. We go and visit the babies when they are there. | |||
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"If you can tell me how to keep hem them safe from my cat.. and all the neighbours ones... You can get cat collars that alarm when they "launch" at the birds I'm a bit worried about putting a collar on Molly as she climbs trees, I'm worried she'll caught up. To be fair, she's quite good and normally just goes under a bush and watch them They come with 'snap' catches, that snap under pressure to stop cats getting strung up " Thank you, I'll have a look out for one | |||
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"If you can tell me how to keep hem them safe from my cat.. and all the neighbours ones... " Put petroleum jelly on the pole to stop them climbing it or plant sharp prickly plants around it. If there's a fence or wall they could launch from you can tie a taught wire or string on it or place metal spike strips in the bit they could jump from. | |||
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"I help feed them! Does that count? But at moment, where I live, it's not set up for feeding them, busy main road on one side, private car park and hidden doorway on other, mean's no where to actually feed them. You can get bird feeders that attach by suction cup to your window or you could hang one from a communal tree ? Any help is appreciated Nope, have looked, won't work. But I have a cunning plan! " Love a cunning plan baldrick | |||
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"Thanks Sam x It's great to give nature a helping hand where possible It really is, I think as the generations of people get older and kids are more tech oriented simple things like this could be forgotten in a decade or two. I got my kids involved when young and they help fill the feeders and break the ice on the water source. " That is a great idea, I've got 2 grandkids and they'd love this | |||
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"Thanks Sam x It's great to give nature a helping hand where possible It really is, I think as the generations of people get older and kids are more tech oriented simple things like this could be forgotten in a decade or two. I got my kids involved when young and they help fill the feeders and break the ice on the water source. That is a great idea, I've got 2 grandkids and they'd love this " Rspb do a first book of birds and there was an ispy book They also do garden surveys where across the country you note visitors to your garden and it gives them an idea as to how the species are doing. You can also put up a nesting box which is exciting for young children. | |||
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"Children love getting involved in nature " They do, people assume they only want tech but it's not true especially if you make up a story about nature and his they can help. Who doesn't want to see a packed feeder knowing they've only come because they've put out food | |||
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"Children love getting involved in nature They do, people assume they only want tech but it's not true especially if you make up a story about nature and his they can help. Who doesn't want to see a packed feeder knowing they've only come because they've put out food" It's great isn't it! When our grandchildren were young, we would take them to a nature reserve where they would see different species of dragonflies, birds etc, even wild horses. It's a great lesson for them | |||
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"I feed the birds 365 days a year " Us too (seed, fat balls, suet blocks & over winter, peanuts) | |||
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"Children love getting involved in nature They do, people assume they only want tech but it's not true especially if you make up a story about nature and his they can help. Who doesn't want to see a packed feeder knowing they've only come because they've put out food It's great isn't it! When our grandchildren were young, we would take them to a nature reserve where they would see different species of dragonflies, birds etc, even wild horses. It's a great lesson for them " They'll grow up more rounded adults as well I would think. | |||
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"I feed the birds 365 days a year Us too (seed, fat balls, suet blocks & over winter, peanuts)" We don't feed them quite so much in the summer as there is lots of food about for them, insects, berries etc | |||
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"Children love getting involved in nature They do, people assume they only want tech but it's not true especially if you make up a story about nature and his they can help. Who doesn't want to see a packed feeder knowing they've only come because they've put out food It's great isn't it! When our grandchildren were young, we would take them to a nature reserve where they would see different species of dragonflies, birds etc, even wild horses. It's a great lesson for them They'll grow up more rounded adults as well I would think." They have. They have great respect for the country side and still love going on nature walks and birdwatching, but hubby is a twitcher, so it helps. He's been all over the world including Israel and the Negev desert, spent a couple of nights under the stars in the Sahara desert, great experience | |||
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"Don't forget to remove the nylon mesh from fat balls as they can trap small birds." Fat balls always makes me laugh, sorry, very childish I know | |||
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"What do emus eat? Asking for a friend " I once saw rod hull at a service station years ago and I can confirm that he was eating a full English breakfast So I can only assume his Emu had the same leftovers as there was only one plate | |||
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