On 24/12/2014 11:35, Ophelia wrote:


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On 23/12/2014 23:19, Ophelia wrote:


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On 12/20/2014 1:16 PM, Spider wrote:
On 18/12/2014 20:35, Ophelia wrote:
"sacha" wrote
I went round the garden today, picking foliage for Christmas
flower
arrangements. Each of these had a few flowers left, Salvia
guaranitica, Salvia confertiflora, Rosa Wedding Day, loads of
different Vincas, Salvia involucrata, an unknown lacecap
Hydrangea, a
Fuchsia fulgens and a single Rosa bracteata.
Lucky you! All I have is holly, plenty of berries though
What, no berries on the Cotoneaster?

The birds devoured all my cotoneaster berries a month ago. Plenty of
holly berries, though.
And one pink rosebud.

Oooh you posh thing D. say we have berries but I will check
tomorrow in case he missed their demise)

Change of plan! There is a gale blowing and it is chucking it down
out there

Yes)) There are loads) We went down to hang seed balls and
wondered whether to hang one in there Still they have the choice)



That's great, Ophelia! I would have been surprised if there hadn't
been; ours are smothered in berries:~). None are tall enough to hang
seed balls in, but one will eventually make small tree size.

My cotoneaster is supported on a fence so it was fairly easy.


Forgive me asking, but I hope your seed balls don't have the green
netting around them. It can tear birds tongues if they get caught in
it. Having seen such a bird in the grimmest of distress, I always
check that friends are aware of the problem. Hope you don't mind.

I don't mind at all, I am always happy to have advice from you.


:~)).


Yes! They do have green netting I will take them down and see how
else I can use them. What do you use to hang yours in?


I now have a variety of proprietory feeders that each take two or three
seed balls. It was difficult before I bought them, but I did try
suspending them inside small plant pots (using wire), but it was a bit
of a fiddle. If need be, you could always crumble them onto a bird
table (or the ground) for now, but I acknowledge that it is safer for
the birds feeding from a tree *and* much more fun for you to watch from
the house. If you can't easily provide a makeshift hanger, then I
suggest you buy a few ready-made ones. You'll never regret it.

Thank you for the warning!


You're more than welcome. Nobody who is caring enough to feed birds
wants to harm them.
--
Spider.
On high ground in SE London
gardening on heavy clay