Birds love my fat balls.

[biggs682]

we made ours own last year it took ages before the birds even looked at them but they did in the end , well worth doing

we picked loads of hedge row berries

 

[SatNavSaysStraightOn]

We used to feed them loads. Can't even start to remember all of the varieties of birds we had, but we also had no neighbours and have a nature reserve and farmland all around us. Costed a fortune and people always used to ask why we had 3 blue large bins in the hallway. They were the peanuts, wild bird seed, and hulled sunflower seeds for feeding the birds. buying them in bulk 25kg bags saved a lot of money. We would also make up our own fat balls as well, usually from the cheapest fat we could buy and mix in the 3 ingredients above and stuff into 2 coconuts suspended a long way from what squirrels could reach. We would have some rarer breeds visit us including tree creepers, yellow hammers, lapwings, reed buntings, willow tits, bull finches, gold finches, bramlings and many many others which I used to have a photo of each and every one named on the wall for visitors to see. We also did a good job in feeding the local bord of prey population including sparrow hawks, buzzards and once even a hobby.

Now, we don't have a garden so just listen to them...

 

[ComedyPilot]

The OP thread title made me laugh out loud. Thanks.

 

[Andrew_Culture]

The OP thread title made me laugh out loud. Thanks.

A pleasure

 

[Andrew_Culture]

We used to feed them loads. Can't even start to remember all of the varieties of birds we had, but we also had no neighbours and have a nature reserve and farmland all around us. Costed a fortune and people always used to ask why we had 3 blue large bins in the hallway. They were the peanuts, wild bird seed, and hulled sunflower seeds for feeding the birds. buying them in bulk 25kg bags saved a lot of money. We would also make up our own fat balls as well, usually from the cheapest fat we could buy and mix in the 3 ingredients above and stuff into 2 coconuts suspended a long way from what squirrels could reach. We would have some rarer breeds visit us including tree creepers, yellow hammers, lapwings, reed buntings, willow tits, bull finches, gold finches, bramlings and many many others which I used to have a photo of each and every one named on the wall for visitors to see. We also did a good job in feeding the local bord of prey population including sparrow hawks, buzzards and once even a hobby.

Now, we don't have a garden so just listen to them...

I got into feeding the birds because I worked at home and had a brilliant view of the feeder just outside my window. Now I work on an industrial estate I'd love to fit a feeder outside my window, but I know it's impossible

 

[Arch]

I got into feeding the birds because I worked at home and had a brilliant view of the feeder just outside my window. Now I work on an industrial estate I'd love to fit a feeder outside my window, but I know it's impossible

Is it? Could you rig something to sit on a bracket that you hung out of the window or something? Something you could bring in at night if necessary?

 

[Smurfy]

Fat balls! No wonder all the birds have naffed off elsewhere. Chef tells you how it's done.

 

[Andrew_Culture]

Is it? Could you rig something to sit on a bracket that you hung out of the window or something? Something you could bring in at night if necessary?

I'd love to

 

[Andrew_Culture]

The birds don't seem as interested this year!

Anyone else noticed fewer feathered visitors in their garden this winter?

 

[welsh dragon]

We used to feed the birds, but the squirrels would break all the feeders that we put up. We still have a lot of birds visiting in the summer as they like the fruit that we grow.

 

[Cuchilo]

Have you noticed the lack of birds since you started wearing lycra ?

 

[Andrew_Culture]

Have you noticed the lack of birds since you started wearing lycra ?

Stage lycra or cycling lycra?

 

[nickyboy]

The birds don't seem as interested this year!

Anyone else noticed fewer feathered visitors in their garden this winter?

Gardens are inherently dangerous places for birds. Lots more predators there than in the fields and hedgerows. Cold weather drives the birds into the gardens as natural food gets scarce. So all Autumn there was loads to eat in the hedgerows, now it's getting harder to find so expect more birds in the gardens soon, taking their chances with the cats.

Of course if you live in a cold part of the country like I do, a lot of the passerines leave for the winter. My mum lives at the seaside and she sees goldfinches, greenfinches, bullfinches etc all winter. They've all moved on from here and I won't see them again until March

 

[Cuchilo]

Stage lycra or cycling lycra?

I was thinking cycling . If in black the song birds may think you are a nasty black bird where as in bibs they may think you are a nasty magpie .

 

[Andrew_Culture]

I was thinking cycling . If in black the song birds may think you are a nasty black bird where as in bibs they may think you are a nasty magpie .

Believe me, if the birds saw the lycra I used to wear on stage they would be a lot more scared. I did have a photo of me in one of the costumes on photobox but it was deleted because it violated their terms of service, possibly because it was taken during what could be described as something of an arms race between me and the guitarist who were both trying to out-do each other in a Derek Smalls (Spinal Tap) type trouser-stuffing competition.