In between the blizzards yesterday we had 10 Fieldfares feeding on bags of cheap apples we got for the birds from the supermarket, after seeing the weather forecast. A Blackcap enjoyed them too.
The bird feeders (alas not including the super dooper one PC is giving away to new subscribers, but NOT to those renewing) have been busy with birds feeding from dawn to dusk and the bird table has seen plenty of hungry birds too.
Amazingly, we have still not seen Waxwings, even though it's been classed as an 'invasion year' for them. When we lived in the far north of Scotland we once saw them feeding on apples, so we live in hope that they may yet visit the apples we've put out, here in East Anglia!
The seed has attracted a small flock of Reed Buntings and we are keeping out eyes open for Bramblings, which someone has seen elsewhere in the village.
Apparently, the RSPB and others are saying that the mesh covering on fat-balls should be removed, as it has been found it can tangle around birds feet and beaks. We now take ours out of the mesh and put them in a fat-ball feeder. We also break them up and scatter bits of them around for the ground feeding birds,as they are a high energy food.
The snow of yesterday has now moved northwards and we have brilliant sunshine today, although bitterly cold. How is it where you are?
The bird feeders (alas not including the super dooper one PC is giving away to new subscribers, but NOT to those renewing) have been busy with birds feeding from dawn to dusk and the bird table has seen plenty of hungry birds too.
Amazingly, we have still not seen Waxwings, even though it's been classed as an 'invasion year' for them. When we lived in the far north of Scotland we once saw them feeding on apples, so we live in hope that they may yet visit the apples we've put out, here in East Anglia!
The seed has attracted a small flock of Reed Buntings and we are keeping out eyes open for Bramblings, which someone has seen elsewhere in the village.
Apparently, the RSPB and others are saying that the mesh covering on fat-balls should be removed, as it has been found it can tangle around birds feet and beaks. We now take ours out of the mesh and put them in a fat-ball feeder. We also break them up and scatter bits of them around for the ground feeding birds,as they are a high energy food.
The snow of yesterday has now moved northwards and we have brilliant sunshine today, although bitterly cold. How is it where you are?
