Discover Nutritional Needs of Common Birds
What You Need to Know Improper feeding is the leading cause of disease and death in pet birds, accounting for 80-90% of bird diseases. Birds require a balanced diet rich...
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This Year's Donation Goes To Brent Lodge Wildlife Hospital
This year our customers helped us raise an amazing £2,000 for animal welfare charities. A share of that donation goes to Brent Lodge Animal Hospital.
Clare Stone |
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What To Feed Garden Birds In Winter | Why Winter Feeding Saves Lives
In winter our garden birds face a double whammy of challenges: it’s cold, so they need more food to keep up their energy and fat reserves. And at the same...
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8 DIY Bird Feeder Projects | Fun Feeders to Make At Home ( + one to Avoid!)
The more bird feeders you have the more birds you can attract to your garden by offering a greater variety of food and more “tables” in your garden bird restaurant....
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Introducing The Crow Family | No Need for Unkindness, Or Murder!
The Crow or Corvid family worldwide is made up of around 40 species, with eight species breeding in the UK. Crows have been classed as nuisance birds, blamed for destroying...
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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...
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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....
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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....
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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...
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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...
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