Bird Blogs
Bird Blogs
A home for all the bird reading material you could need. From How To's to breed specific blogs, we have everything you need to improve your bird knowledge or learn something new!
15 Birds To Spot
Spring is one of the best times of year to enjoy birdlife in the UK. As the days grow longer and the weather begins to warm, birds become far more visible and vocal. Gardens fill with birdsong, hedgerows rustle with activity, and open countryside comes alive with courtship displays, nest building and busy feeding behaviour.
March and early spring are especially exciting because many birds are preparing for the breeding season. Some are defending territories, some are gathering nesting material, and others are searching constantly for food to build up energy. Even the most familiar garden birds can suddenly become far more interesting once you stop and watch them for a few minutes...
Fun Family Guide
Get outdoors, get curious and help wildlife at home.Watching garden birds is a brilliant way for families to spend time together outdoors. You don’t need to be an expert, and you don’t need a big garden, just a bit of curiosity and a willingness to look and listen...
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March: A Critical Month for Garden Birds
As March arrives and daylight hours lengthen, garden birds across the UK enter one of the most demanding and important periods of their year. Many familiar species including blue tits, great tits, robins, blackbirds, house sparrows, dunnocks, chaffinches...
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A Guide To Feeding Garden Birds
Supporting garden birds throughout the year helps create a thriving and wildlife-friendly outdoor space. Using quality bird food, appropriate feeders, and good placement techniques encourages a wide variety of species into your garden...
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Deterring Unwanted Visitors
While garden birds benefit greatly from supplementary feeding, bird feeders can also attract squirrels and rats. These animals are intelligent, persistent, and opportunistic, but with the right approach, it’s possible to discourage them while continuing to feed birds...
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Keep It Clean and Tidy
Providing food, shelter and water for garden birds is one of the most effective ways to support wildlife in the UK. However, good hygiene is just as important as good food. Poorly maintained feeders, nest boxes and water stations can allow disease to spread quickly between birds...
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Birds of Prey in the UK
Britain's raptors and owls... Britain’s birds of prey are no longer on the brink of extinction, but neither are they secure. Their future depends on continued legal protection, effective enforcement, responsible land management and public engagement.
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Beginners Guide
Feeding garden birds is one of the easiest and most rewarding ways to support wildlife in the UK. With the right approach, even a small garden, balcony or outdoor space can become a valuable refuge for birds throughout the year…
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Caring For Hedgehogs
Hedgehogs are natural insectivores. Their diet in the wild consists mainly of beetles, caterpillars, worms and other invertebrates. However, during dry weather, after hibernation in spring, or in autumn when they need to build up fat reserves for winter, natural food can become scarce...
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FAQs
Frequently Asked Questions including Feeding, hygiene, nest boxes, water, and deterring squirrels and rats...
Should I feed garden birds all year round?Yes, you can feed birds throughout the year. While winter feeding is well known...
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