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and break the ice for them they struggle in this weather :-)
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Brown bread, easier to see. Just distributed a small loaf near Morrisons where the birds congregate.
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Isn't it just great to stuff some ducks' throats?
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tuppence a bag
Got a nice J on my bird table at the moment, quite tame actually which is very unusual for a J. He's been eating christmas pudding, christmas cake, bara brith, sprouts and carrots, not going near my hanging sausage tree though. |
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It makes me wonder what the birds would do without human beings at this time of year and whether more birds die under these conditions?
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They'd be offering their bodies for a lil' nibble.
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We have a gang of starlings along with a few sparrows and a couple of Robins for good measure,there was a dove earlier also
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ffs
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I haven't tried to get to my water for the birds. Do they drink snow?
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I think they'll be ok with snow, although water better.
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I have been giving them a variety of food! Apple, nuts, currants, porridge oats, bread.
It is disappearing very quickly especially, starlings then a pair of collared doves came and hogged the lot! |
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Brown bread, easier to see. Just distributed a small loaf near Morrisons where the birds congregate.
----------- bacardi breezers, plenty strong enuff. just distributed a pack of 6 outside the offy, where the chav birds congregate. |
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PMSL
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I think that bird seed and corn and nuts is the best food for them?
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^ Gave a crow some lead this morning, it didn't seem to like that so you could be right
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put some brown bread out earlier and no birds have touched it
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RACIST BIRDS
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Had the same problem with mrs clarky's leftover vegetable lasagne Coachy lad, in fact I think they brought some back from last year.!!
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lol Clarky . time for a new model ;)
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It is said Bread holds very little nutritional value forl for birds, it is a waste of their digestive juices and fills them up without doing them any good.
Instead, those serious about dishing out treats should choose grated cheese, leftover jacket potatoes, breakfast cereals, crumbled biscuits and even cake. |
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I'm getting a bit fed up of people saying 'bread holds no nutritional content'.
White isn't very good, but it's better than nowt. Regular bird feeders know what stuff the birds like to eat. Lay men don't and might be put off by all this anti-bread propaganda. I can assure anyone on here who doesn't usually feed the birds, your bread contributions are more than welcome in this weather. If you can afford to spread it with a bit of butter or spreadable cheese (fat content) the birdies would appreciate it even more. |
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most winter mornings i put out food for the birds
got a couple of wagtails and a robin which are pretty tame now, the wagtails wait for me every morning outside the back door. also blue tits, sparrows, crows, starlings also get quite a few big fat very healthy looking pigeons - would these be OK to shoot and eat? 1 shot from an airgun @ point blank range would despatch it instantly we live in suburban bromley, no idea about shooting for the pot but always fancied a go |
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I do agree with Tommy Toes bread is better than nowt.
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When I was a kid, I remember my mum cutting up bacon rind and giving that to the birds.
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Do you think they like mouldy bready?
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It has frozen so hard last night I have ice inside my windows! Put an old baking tray and filled with water for the birds. The Robin has found it and really drinking a lot.
The Jackdaws and a crow swooped on the bird table this a.m. How many different birds have you had eating at the bird table? |
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Table + hanging containers:-
Blue Tit great Tit Crested Tit Willow Tit Coal Tit Starling Blackbird Song Thrush Redwing Collar Dove Wood Pigeon Rook Magpie Jackdaw Carrion Crow Robin Dunnock Chaffinch Bullfinch greenfinch Goldfinch Siskin Wren Pied Wagtail Redpoll |
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* Long Tailed Tit notCrested !!
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i've never fed em before but went to the petshop yesterday and spent £8 buying a little hanging thing and all sorts of nice grub for them. Haven't seen one of the ungrateful little sods yet
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Once they twig, they'll be hanging around waiting for it. Have to get into the habit. Then the sparrowhawk twigs to where the birds hang out and they stop coming.
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Went and fed the birds in the garden this morning.
The garden was then awash with seagulls. Never noticed them this far inland before. Must be cold. |
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Great having a Redpoll and Redwing. Has anyone had a Nuthatch or Woodpecker?
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Green and Great Spotted Woodpeckers in the large beech tree at bottom of garden - but not at any feeders. Have also noticed a Sparrowhawk in same tree.,
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hmm, still waiting to see anything, been 24 hours now
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crescit thats such a kind gesture to buy food for the birds give it time you will be rewarded :-)
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crescit,be patient,if you have never previously put feed out for them they wont come straight away.but once they know that there is feed for them they will come as long as there is food. so keep it up and they will be a regular sight.
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ok thanks guys, just put a load more stuff out for them now so they should be able to see it from further away
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A kite is flying around, I did give it chicken carcase (just small bones as I believe the larger ones are bad for them?
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Whatever you do - DON'T feed the birds.
Rather like the Ethiopeans, they'll breed and starve in even greater numbers :( |
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I, like crescit, went and bought loads of peanuts, sunflower seeds, wild bird seed and fat balls today. I have just been rewarded with a blackbird feeding. However, would blackbirds deter robins and blue tits who I would love to see feeding?
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