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Feels like winter today in North Lincs. Our forecast is to gradualy get
better over the next few days. Hope thats true. The birds have nested, I think. I know the Blackbirds have. What they must be going through now! I have tipped one of the composters over to let them have some worms and have put out extra grain and fat and fatballs for tits and finches, even sparrows. What else can I do to help them? I would like to know. Baz |
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On 24/05/2013 10:29, Baz wrote:
Feels like winter today in North Lincs. Our forecast is to gradualy get better over the next few days. Hope thats true. The birds have nested, I think. I know the Blackbirds have. What they must be going through now! I have tipped one of the composters over to let them have some worms and have put out extra grain and fat and fatballs for tits and finches, even sparrows. What else can I do to help them? I would like to know. Baz Hi Baz, Its the same here. I have plants all waiting to go out. Everything is so slow growing. Swifts came and checked out their nest last week then disappeared. There is no air Bourne food for them. House martins have not turned up at all. -- Bill P. Shildon Cradle of the Railways South/West Durham |
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Baz wrote: Feels like winter today in North Lincs. Our forecast is to gradualy get better over the next few days. Hope thats true. The birds have nested, I think. I know the Blackbirds have. What they must be going through now! I have tipped one of the composters over to let them have some worms and have put out extra grain and fat and fatballs for tits and finches, even sparrows. What else can I do to help them? I would like to know. Its the same here. I have plants all waiting to go out. Everything is so slow growing. Swifts came and checked out their nest last week then disappeared. There is no air Bourne food for them. House martins have not turned up at all. Drove past (A30) one of the Reservoirs near Staines yesterday and there were lots of Swifts feeding on the edge of the downwind bank. No doubt the flies were being blown off the water and over the bank. -- Regards. Bob Hobden. Posted to this Newsgroup from the W of London, UK |
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On Fri, 24 May 2013 11:27:48 +0100, Roger Tonkin wrote:
Bitterly cold wind here yesterday and today. Car said 8 degrees at 8.30 this morning. Ground frost forecast for tonight! The lunchtime weather mentioned it froze last night in Paris (Longchamps)! Incredible. We have ground frost forecast for tonight in Normandy. Very rare indeed. -- Gardening in Lower Normandy |
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"Baz" wrote in message ... Feels like winter today in North Lincs. Our forecast is to gradualy get better over the next few days. Hope thats true. The birds have nested, I think. I know the Blackbirds have. What they must be going through now! I have tipped one of the composters over to let them have some worms and have put out extra grain and fat and fatballs for tits and finches, even sparrows. What else can I do to help them? I would like to know. Baz You can maybe put some finch or canary mix in a seed feeder to help the finch-type parents but other than that I think you're doing all you can. It's blowing a hoolie here in Leicestershire today. Lots of leaves ripped off the trees and lilac blossoms too. The runner beans and mange tout I sowed 13 days ago in buckets show no sign of coming up, it's probably too cold for them to germinate. |
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What else can I do to help them? I would like to know.
Baz You can maybe put some finch or canary mix in a seed feeder to help the finch-type parents but other than that I think you're doing all you can. It's blowing a hoolie here in Leicestershire today. Lots of leaves ripped off the trees and lilac blossoms too. The runner beans and mange tout I sowed 13 days ago in buckets show no sign of coming up, it's probably too cold for them to germinate. Maybe you could provide them with a TV so that they cab watch Spring Watch as they huddle together for warmth. |
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On 24/05/2013 10:29, Baz wrote:
Feels like winter today in North Lincs. Our forecast is to gradualy get better over the next few days. Hope thats true. The birds have nested, I think. I know the Blackbirds have. What they must be going through now! I have tipped one of the composters over to let them have some worms and have put out extra grain and fat and fatballs for tits and finches, even sparrows. What else can I do to help them? I would like to know. Baz Since it's a cold, damp spring - and also because some birds have two broods - it's still worth putting out nesting material. We put out RG's hair after a trim and I gather some of the moss from the lawn. Pet hair is also a possibility, and dog hair would help to keep squirrels away from nests containing eggs. -- Spider from high ground in SE London gardening on clay |
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Since it's a cold, damp spring - and also because some birds have two
broods - it's still worth putting out nesting material. We put out RG's hair after a trim and I gather some of the moss from the lawn. Pet hair is also a possibility, and dog hair would help to keep squirrels away from nests containing eggs. Do you really think that squirrels haven't worked out that Dogs can't climb trees? |
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On 25/05/2013 09:03, Martin wrote:
On Fri, 24 May 2013 23:09:18 +0100, David Hill wrote: Since it's a cold, damp spring - and also because some birds have two broods - it's still worth putting out nesting material. We put out RG's hair after a trim and I gather some of the moss from the lawn. Pet hair is also a possibility, and dog hair would help to keep squirrels away from nests containing eggs. Do you really think that squirrels haven't worked out that Dogs can't climb trees? What about flying foxes? :-) Flying Foxes? That's just Bats |
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David Hill wrote: On 25/05/2013 09:03, Martin wrote: On Fri, 24 May 2013 23:09:18 +0100, David Hill wrote: Since it's a cold, damp spring - and also because some birds have two broods - it's still worth putting out nesting material. We put out RG's hair after a trim and I gather some of the moss from the lawn. Pet hair is also a possibility, and dog hair would help to keep squirrels away from nests containing eggs. Do you really think that squirrels haven't worked out that Dogs can't climb trees? What about flying foxes? :-) Flying Foxes? That's just Bats There's no need to get rabid out it. Regards, Nick Maclaren. |
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On 24/05/2013 23:09, David Hill wrote:
Since it's a cold, damp spring - and also because some birds have two broods - it's still worth putting out nesting material. We put out RG's hair after a trim and I gather some of the moss from the lawn. Pet hair is also a possibility, and dog hair would help to keep squirrels away from nests containing eggs. Do you really think that squirrels haven't worked out that Dogs can't climb trees? You don't have to send a dog up. You can place the hair yourself. -- Spider from high ground in SE London gardening on clay |
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