Chaffinch ~ Deep Snow and Cold ! ~ Feeding the birds in Winter 2010

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Chaffinch ~Wild Birds UK ~ British Bird and Wildlife videos UK Europe ********************************************************************************* Simbird.com ~ My bird website is at simbird.com google * simbird * simbirdcom Bird photographs, videos, twitter, information, links to RSPB BBCT, help & tips by Simon UK Wildlife ~ British Animals & Insects ~ birds bees butterflies wildlife videos Canon camera ~ S5 SX1 Telephoto lens Panasonic SDR 26S 70x zoom camcorder / Philps ToCam webcam My Birdcam ~ Wild birds in my garden with bird sounds ~ Songs / Calls / Birdsong / Dawn Chorus More nature videos, photos & info at * simbird * or simbird.com simbird.com by Simon Knott Digital Cameras used Canon SX1 IS Powershot HD High Definition or Canon S5 IS HQ High Quality Camcorder used : Panasonic 70x zoom SDR-26S in both HQ and HD Wyre Forest ~ Kidderminster Worcestershire England UK Europe Earth Milky Way Galaxy Universe :-)

Sparrow Halk ~ Accipiter nisus ~ A top predator ! A British Bird of Prey UK

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RSPB “As a top predator, sparrowhawks can only thrive if their prey – in this case songbirds – is present in good numbers and has a healthy population… Sparrowhawks don’t specialise in particular species, but take whatever is available and easy to catch. As a result, the most frequently caught birds are numerous and conspicuous, or are sick, old, weak or injured. The female takes prey up to wood pigeon size, but the smaller male does not catch anything bigger than the mistle thrush. In summer, about 40% of a sparrowhawk’s diet is fledglings. They employ many hunting techniques, depending on the habitat and prey. They are not built for stamina and long chases, though they have the ability to manoeuvre in pursuit better than any other raptor. In order to be successful they have to be able to approach their prey closely and undetected. The usual flying speed is 30-40 kph, but a sparrowhawk is capable of up to 50 kph in short bursts. Hunting sparrowhawks can be so focussed on their task that they put themselves at risk of harm from collisions. Because they’re quite easily seen, and small birds will give warning calls to each other, only about one attack in ten results in capture. Simon *Birder* Knott ~Wild Birds UK ~ British Bird and Wildlife Videos ***************************************************************************** Feed Garden Birds ~ RSPB Suet cake, Black Sunflower Seeds, Nuts, Fat, Fruit & Water Simbird.com ~ My bird website is at simbird.com google * simbird

Two Ducks feeding in stream ~ Pembrokeshire Wales ~ Birds UK

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Birds UK ~ British Bird Bee Butterfly & Wildlife videos at You Tube ~:-) Simbird.com ~ My bird website is at simbird.com google * simbird * simbirdcom Bird photographs, videos, twitter, information, links to RSPB BBCT, help & tips…Simon Description… British wildlife ~ Animals & Insects ~ birds bees butterflies wildlife videos Canon s5 sx1 + telephoto lens / Panasonic SDR 26S 70x zoom camcorder / Philps ToCam webcam My * Birdcam * of wild birds in the garden with sounds ~ songs calls singing birdsong… More nature videos, photos & info at * simbird * or simbird.com simbird.com by Simon Knott Cameras used Canon SX1 IS Powershot HD High Definition or Canon S5 IS HQ High Quality Camcorder used : Panasonic 70x zoom SDR-26S in both HQ and HD Wyre Forest ~ Kidderminster Worcestershire England UK Europe World Planet Earth Universe :-)

Winter Bird Feeding

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Many birds like cardinals, finches, woodpeckers and blue jays don’t fly south for the winter. Here are some tips for winter bird feeding.

Squirrel Eating Birds’ Suet Cake

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How to care for birds Wild Garden

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Some wild birds spend most of their lives in our gardens and some will spend seasons in our gardens is vital, that we supply our feathered friends belle with healthy food and nourishing.

We should change our birds feeding routine with the seasons. many people think of birds must only be fed during the winter, however, birds come much depends on the food that we provide and with natural sources of food available for birds in decline, it is equally important to provide food for your bird gardens throughout the year.

During the summer, young birds rely still heavily parents for food. consider providing high energy food for parents.

Providing a fresh water source for birds for them to drink, clean and fresh off is important, especially when very dry or hot.

What birds feed

Semi Bird Seed provides birds with a vital source of nutrition and energy.There are wide varieties of seeds available, all aimed at different types of wild birds.Seeds can be fed to birds bird tables, power supplies and seed dispersal.Please be careful when choosing the power supply of seeds that you choose a power supply suitable for the types of birds that breed there are many different types of power supplies of seeds available for all areas of your garden. Peanut Peanuts are attractive birds because of their high fat content. Peanuts are fed better through the meshes of chopped peanuts feeders or chop them very very small. Please don’t leave anything out peanuts for birds as can be deadly, especially for young birds and can also damage the beak bird. Suets and Suets’s fat and fat products are a wonderful treat for wild birds and provide an excellent source of food and energy, especially during the winter months.
Tallow Treats can be purchased or homemade, are primarily composed of fatty substances like lard, peanuts and seeds.

What not to feed Birds

Birds will be attracted almost anything edible, however there are many foods that are harmful to birds, including:

Savoury items such as peanuts salted, crisps and Bacon rinds.Mouldy Foods-toxins in mouldy foods can be poisonous birds.Please take care when administering peanut to your bird gardens like many nuts that can be safe for humans can be fatal for birds.We suggest using only nuts from a supplier that routinely tests natural toxins that could harm or kill your birds of gardens.
Important information of hygiene

Keep your bird feeders, tables, bathrooms and other garden accessories clean and free, the disease is extremely important. When birds share these elements, the disease can spread quickly.

Ensure water is changed regularly and kept free of harmful substances. the bathrooms also must be cleaned regularly. Never leave the bird feed and sit eaten accumulate in your garden for more than a few days. don’t feed moldy food bird garden. Move regularly the bird feeders around your garden to avoid the accumulation of bird droppings. Always wash hands after treatment of any bird products from your garden.

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Merry Christmas from Robin red breast ! in my winter garden ~ Birds UK

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*.* Merry Christmas *.* from Robin red breast ! in my winter garden ~Birds UK *.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*. Birds UK ~ British Bird Bee Butterfly & Wildlife videos at You Tube ~:-) Simbird.com ~ My bird website is at simbird.com google * simbird * simbirdcom Bird photographs, videos, twitter, information, links to RSPB BBCT, help & tips…Simon Description… British wildlife ~ Animals & Insects ~ birds bees butterflies wildlife videos Canon s5 sx1 + telephoto lens / Panasonic SDR 26S 70x zoom camcorder / Philps ToCam webcam My * Birdcam * of wild birds in the garden with sounds ~ songs calls singing birdsong… More nature videos, photos & info at * simbird * or simbird.com simbird.com by Simon Knott Cameras used Canon SX1 IS Powershot HD High Definition or Canon S5 IS HQ High Quality Camcorder used : Panasonic 70x zoom SDR-26S in both HQ and HD Wyre Forest ~ Kidderminster Worcestershire England UK Europe World Planet Earth Universe :-)

Choose a bird table for your garden

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If you enjoy feeding birds in your garden is to be that you have a bird table probably the most important thing. A bird table will encourage, birds return off food, put on the table and the bits that fall on the ground.


The most popular are a bird table during the winter months as natural foods such as insects and berries can be scarce. However, they are useful for feeding all year round offers a variety of foods and get much pleasure from birds win.


Are a few things you should think about when choosing a bird table, for your garden.


Make sure that it is large enough – if it too small, it is probably more fights than feeding. Larger birds can dominate the table so a view with a roof that makes more difficult for you, it food and is a chance to feed smaller birds.


Check whether it prevents a lip, overeating fall off and drainage holes, so food in water sitting when it rains. Soggy eat much faster goes out and cleaning the table make it more difficult. Again, you will keep dry with a roof for food well the birds.


Traditional bird tables generally consist of wood, often with a rustic feel to you. You can have a roof thatched with straw, which can borrow “the birds”, build their nests in the spring.


However, you can now get bird tables made of other materials such as metal, plastic and even glass. These are easier to clean than a wooden bird table and can look better in more modern or urban gardens.


Avoid those who get to have advised how nesting birds often are in conflict with feeding birds and not a nest box in the roof to get one to one, that has a bird bath, as the food very damp of the flush.


The smooth and straight pole, the harder it will for cats to climb squirrels and other predators. If your bird table has post Knobbles on it then smear it with Vaseline or other fat, so you get no handle. You can buy also harassment, avoid predators climbing up to get food.


Once you have chosen a suitable table you choose, where it must put in your garden. You want to move to your bird table as the birds get used to where you, so you need to plan some time in advance, take, where will it go.


It must be somewhere quiet where the birds is not disturbed by many human traffic. However you have to able to see as part of the fun of feeding birds is that watching you can from your home.


Make sure that the birds have out a good view from the table view for all predators and avoid that it could attack predators where dense shrubs and trees from close. Put it a few feet of a fence or a wall, so that birds have somewhere, to flee when they threatened feel to do.


Make your bird table in strong sunlight or where it get blown up from cold wind could how these birds from feeding is deferred.


You can almost all food, which out scrapped grated cheese, unsalted Bacon, oatmeal, boiled potatoes or rice on a bird table, including cuisine dried bread crumbs, nuts, soaked fruits. You can buy special formulated bird seed mixes or could a fat cake from molten suet, mixed with seeds and nuts.


Some tables also integrate hanging feeder with peanuts or seed filled are and will attract a greater diversity of birds.


Put some food below make sure the bird table for ground feeding birds, although enjoy remove all leftovers to rats and squirrels to discourage each day.


Brush all old food and dirt away from your bird table with an old palette knife or spatula and clean you regularly with a mild disinfectant build up of bacteria or parasites, to prevent potentially harmful for birds. You can also specific buy cleaner a safe formula made.


Clean build up of feces, the under way may have accumulated. For this reason can easier, your bird table on a paved surface to stand or timber decking or stand it on something, you can easily clean.


Maintenance in the autumn; tighten loose screws and remove all splitter could hurt the birds. Her bird table will last forever, so it probably need replacing every few years.


A well-stocked bird table brings much pleasure you and the birds in your garden and is one of the first things that you plan the bird friendly Garden should think.

Goldfinches and Greenfinch ~ European Birds UK by Simon Knott

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Simon *Birder* Knott ~Wild Birds UK ~ British Bird and Wildlife Videos ***************************************************************************** Feed Garden Birds ~ RSPB Suet cake, Black Sunflower Seeds, Nuts, Fat, Fruit & Water Simbird.com ~ My bird website is at simbird.com google * simbird * simbirdcom Bird photographs, videos, twitter, information, links to RSPB BBCT, help & tips by Simon UK Wildlife ~ British Animals & Insects ~ birds bees butterflies wildlife videos Canon camera ~ S5 SX1 Telephoto lens Panasonic SDR 26S 70x zoom camcorder / Philps ToCam webcam My Birdcam ~ Wild birds in my garden with bird sounds ~ Songs / Calls / Birdsong / Dawn Chorus More nature videos, photos & info at * simbird * or simbird.com simbird.com by Simon Knott Digital Cameras used Canon SX1 IS Powershot HD High Definition or Canon S5 IS HQ High Quality Camcorder used : Panasonic 70x zoom SDR-26S in both HQ and HD Wyre Forest ~ Kidderminster Worcestershire England UK Europe Earth Milky Way Galaxy Universe :-)

Waxwings ~ Bombycilla Garrulus ~ Resident and winter visitor to Northern Europe

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Waxwings ~ Bombycilla Garrulus ~ migrating through my garden. winter 2011 Simon *Birder* Knott ~Wild Birds UK ~ British Bird and Wildlife Videos ***************************************************************************** Feed Garden Birds ~ RSPB Suet cake, Black Sunflower Seeds, Nuts, Fat, Fruit & Water Simbird.com ~ My bird website is at simbird.com google * simbird * simbirdcom Bird photographs, videos, twitter, information, links to RSPB BBCT, help & tips by Simon UK Wildlife ~ British Animals & Insects ~ birds bees butterflies wildlife videos Canon camera ~ S5 SX1 Telephoto lens Panasonic SDR 26S 70x zoom camcorder / Philps ToCam webcam My Birdcam ~ Wild birds in my garden with bird sounds ~ Songs / Calls / Birdsong / Dawn Chorus More nature videos, photos & info at * simbird * or simbird.com simbird.com by Simon Knott Digital Cameras used Canon SX1 IS Powershot HD High Definition or Canon S5 IS HQ High Quality Camcorder used : Panasonic 70x zoom SDR-26S in both HQ and HD Wyre Forest ~ Kidderminster Worcestershire England UK Europe Earth Milky Way Galaxy Universe :-)

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