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Birding these days seems to have taken on a whole new meaning. As a teenager, Friday night was often referred to as birdy-night. Maybe it was just a Fen thing, but how many of us at one time or another have referred to the beautiful woman on our arm as – ‘me bird’ and probably still might do! That said though, it’s most probably considered inappropriate now – I mean, you can hardly say hello to a stranger these days in the pub without it causing offence to somebody 🤔 Okay then, so why Birdy Boxes? – Since retirement, I am spending more and moreRead More →

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It makes perfect sense that the aperture of our nesting boxes should vary. And that will depend on the guests we are wanting to attract. The diagram here, indicates an aperture of 32mm. There is nothing wrong with that at all and at that size you can expect to see a wider variety of birds checking out your box with the strongest most likely to prevail. Blue-tits only require 1″ or 25mm to squeeze through as they are so tiny. They will however, nest in boxes with larger entrances up to 32mm but from a safety point of view, the bigger the aperture, the biggerRead More →

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One minute there are none and the next they swarm in and if there are fat balls or calci worms on offer it quickly turns into a battle to get to the goodies first. We have come to know it as a Band of Brothers raid and after the screaming and shouting is over, they are gone again leaving behind the empty and sometimes broken feeder. From a photographic point of view, we encourage them to visit us and love to see them filling our tiny garden space with their in-house squabbling and watching the parents feed their young who are not quite up toRead More →