Feeding Feeding the birds is a great place to start, with a wide variety of birds to attract and also foods to choose from. Before you set up your feeding station, I would recommend scouting out your local area, and seeing what birds you can find near your garden. For example, if you count aContinue reading “A Bird Friendly Garden”
Category Archives: Home and Garden
Happy New Year!
Welcome to Winter! It has certainly arrived in force over the last month or so, announcing itself through turning gardens to puddles, pulling up trees via storms, and battering us with gale force winds every other day! At least, that’s what it feels like. Our garden certainly is a mudbath, and I or my DadContinue reading “Happy New Year!”
Bird Feeding is Back
Now, our garden has featured no bird feeders for about a month now, leaving most of the grass lawn free and empty. And we have not seen many birds here for a month because of that. But now, they are back with a few cheeky changes to go with them as well. Two old feedersContinue reading “Bird Feeding is Back”
Spring Is (Almost) Here
The weather down in Bovey Tracey doesn’t seem to be able to make up its mind; one moment absolutely glorious, the next miserable. It seems hard to believe, but Spring is on its way. The birds are singing, the daffodils are in full bloom. The resident House Sparrows have returned to their nesting box (whichContinue reading “Spring Is (Almost) Here”
RSPB Big Garden Birdwatch
The Big Garden Birdwatch happens but once a year. Run by the RSPB, this citizen science project collects vital information for conservation. For example, it has revealed the catastrophic declines in House Sparrow and Starling populations, which we assume common. All you need to do is watch birds in your garden or local area forContinue reading “RSPB Big Garden Birdwatch”
First Thrushes of Winter
On returning home from an enjoyable day out, I head for the stairs and into my room. By default, I glance down through the window. A few birds were hopping about, occasionally turning over grass with their beaks. One was definitely a blackbird and the next caught my eye. Clutching my binoculars, I focus inContinue reading “First Thrushes of Winter”
My Big Shock
The BBC Wildlife Magazine is compelling, clever and informative. There are many other words I would use to describe it as well but I can’t really fit them all in. It is one of my absolute favourite magazines [It’s in the top 3] which I enjoy reading even if I miss a few of theContinue reading “My Big Shock”
Fledgling Shock
In our garden and local area, we have discovered many different breeding birds, a lot of which we can completely confirm. House sparrows, wrens, blue tits and possibly long tailed tits, due to their numbers here. But this evening, we had a whopping new edition to the list. Earlier this season, we noticed a groupContinue reading “Fledgling Shock”
Garden Birds: Sunday 2nd May 2021
Discovering nesting birds is rapidly becoming more common here. The early nesters, such as the robins, have already fledged and the parents are being worked tremendously, feeding the ravenous balls of fluff. I am pleased to say that we have (possibly) got blue tits in one of our nest boxes, this fact based on 2Continue reading “Garden Birds: Sunday 2nd May 2021”
Garden Birdwatch Result: 22.1.21
Usual species on the feeders today. With the weather though, quite a lot. The robin doing its regular hummingbird-like hovering around the suet cakes. The long tailed tit gang scouting the fat-balls. The nuthatches and tits gorging on the black sunflower. My brand new feeder have been coming into their own lately. I got itContinue reading “Garden Birdwatch Result: 22.1.21”
The Bovey Birder 