How to Choose the Best Wildlife Camera
Are you a wildlife enthusiast who wants to see what happens in your garden when you're not around? Perhaps, you like us, want to find out where shoes are mysteriously...
Melinda Connor |
Garden Birds
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The Goldfinch | Your Essential Guide to The European Goldfinch
Did you know a group of goldfinches is called a “charm”? With its bright feathers, lovely song and entertaining antics there could hardly be a better name for these fabulous...
Clare Stone |
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Birds Of Prey UK | Your Essential Guide To Britain's Top 10 Raptors
Birds of Prey are some of the most majestic wildlife we have here in the UK. In the late 20th century many species were driven to the brink of extinction....
Clare Stone |
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8 Ways To Attract Invertebrates To Your Garden | Yes You Really Do Want To Encourage Bugs!
Gardeners and farmers have spent decades waging war on many of our native invertebrates. Now we know that invertebrates have a vital role to play in a healthy ecosystem. They...
Clare Stone |
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Keeping Starlings Off Your Bird Feeders | And Why You May Not Want To
Starlings are supremely gregarious and sociable birds who spend much of the year living in large flocks. If one of these flocks descends on your bird feeders or decides to...
Clare Stone |
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When Do Birds Moult? Why Our Garden Birds Lose Their Feathers
Although some birds moult throughout the year, August is prime moulting time for UK garden birds. It’s after the breeding season, before migration (for those that do) and the weather...
Clare Stone |
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Which Birds Eat Insects? And How Best To Help Them In Your Garden
Gardeners are always happy to see insect-eating birds. Anything that helps control the black fly, aphids and caterpillars which can ruin our flowers and munch through young veg is welcome....
Clare Stone |
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Where Do Garden Birds Sleep At Night?
Though our garden birds spent their days flitting through low branches, hopping around the lawn and handing off our feeders this isn't where they choose to spend their nights. All...
Alan Brimm |
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How To Help Baby Birds In Your Garden
Seeing, or more likely hearing the first baby birds in the garden each year, is such a treat. But what if you see a young bird without its parents? What...
Clare Stone |
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How Best To Feed Ground Feeding Birds
This sounds like a bit of a silly question at first. Ground feeding birds - put some feed on the ground, right? Well, you can simply throw some food on...
Clare Stone |
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The Best Binoculars For Bird Watching | How To Choose
Birdwatching is so much better with a pair of binoculars to hand. You can get up close, see the colours and the detail, understand so much more about behaviour. But...
Clare Stone |
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How To Feed Blackbirds But Not Pigeons | It's Easier Than You Think!
Pigeons are big birds, and they eat A LOT! Giving other birds a chance to feed when you have pigeons around can be a challenge. There are lots of pigeon-proof...
Clare Stone |
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Do Squirrels Hibernate?
In the late summer and autumn, squirrels seem to be everywhere in our local woods: flying through the trees, sitting bold as brass in the middle of paths nibbling on...
Clare Stone |
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What Do Blackbirds Eat?
With their beautiful song, glossy black plumage and striking yellow beaks we all love a blackbird, they a welcome sight in any garden. Providing their favourite foods is probably the...
Clare Stone |
