On 4/3/07 18:17, in article
, "Dave Hill"
wrote:

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This afternoon in the rain I was putting out another net of food and
the poor little long tailed tits were on another feeder not 6ft away
from me, poor things were soggy.

We don't get those here - wish we did.

The blue tits are feeding on the bushes outside the window, probably
after a bit of meat, our birds do feed naturally as well as from our
feeders, now if we could only keep the Magpies off..........
David Hill
Abacus Nurseries

We hang up loads of peanut and seed and fatball feeders and they're usually
pretty well attended. Since I've known this place (8 years) I've seen a
great decline in some birds, such as blue tits but they seem to be returning
now. Occasionally we get Magpies but mostly, they live in a flock (murder?)
a couple of miles from here and don't come much to our garden. Are they
considered to be vermin? There was a sort of questionnaire published just
recently which said that many garden owners blame magpies for the decline in
songbirds, plus of course, sparrowhawks (which we get here, too) and
domestic cats, which the dogs ensure that we do NOT get here!
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Sacha
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South Devon
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