Wildlife Corner

I hope it helps and they find a 'cure'. The world without bees would be a sorry place. And a very different place!

Great to hear it DR, I go to the Wirral (Birkenhead) quite a lot and it's a great (and safe) place for bird watching.

As far as I know the European Swallows and Martins aren't suffering with the Mite problem that the American Purple Martins are and I hope they don't. Incidently I think we have only ever had one record of a Purple Martin in the UK in 2004.

There is a squirel thread running in non gardening chat. Must be that time of year.

I'd love to see your sparrows Pamsdish, but I can't see a pic or a link. Is there something missing ?

I have seen cormorants on our local canal and that is Shropshire which is some distance from the sea.

We couldn't wait until the weekend, so decided to take a visit today. Lovely views from the viewpoint in your second pic, trouble was it was raining but we will definately mark it as somewhere to explore on a better day. I can't believe we have never been there...it only took 15 minutes to get...

thanks gogs -no news yet am sort of happy sad at the moment loopy

I envy you your problem. I had a small pond put in my garden for the express purpose of encouraging frogs to spawn but they never have. :cry: Yet I have seen frogs in my garden a couple of times. What I wouldn't give!My problem was also an abundance of slugs and snails but in the end, I got...

The problem too is that hinges can rust up and there's sometimes a small gap where water can get in The top of my tea-house fits the same way, no hinges, just like a 2.5ft square "box lid" the sheer weight of it keeps it in place. The sight of that little bit of roofing felt reminded me I've 3...

I have just been watching them again,they seem to be regular now and will do my best to keep them interested,they seem only interested in the fatballs though,there are other options. This morning there were quite a flock of mixed birds,there were Bluetits and another kind of Tit I think ,and a...

I thought sparrows had disappeared but we've had a flock of them gorging themselves on the seed tufts of Cortaderia Richardii all week. The fronds are bouncing up and down with them non-stop. And, swallows, Grrrr! They've decimated all my whirlygig beatles!

Hya John, some of the cheaper brands have really come on in recent years and more than adequate for hobby use.That said I did buy a JCB mitre saw, which unfortunately ended up being thrown out of the shed (literally) :dh:No matter how I adjusted it, I just couldn't get it to cut accurate, was...

Well done, Kandy - what a rescue! Are those your beautiful cats, who obviously thought it might be their lucky day? k-l

The pigeons must use the excuse that there's more of them to feed. Get in quick !! :hehe:

Good point Clare, strange how we apportion varying value on different types of life, I have been more or less evicted from my lawn for the next few days so I can avoid squelching baby frogs, yet I have snipped and salted my way through hundreds of slugs in my time.Maybe you can convince...

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My own cat is getting older and not as agile as he was. I dont think he would get up there, but next door's is a young cat and has no such challenges. k-l

We are very lucky and have a proper little flock of tree sparrows. Ours tend to be a little more shy than the house sparrows. They are quite a pretty little bird.

Its just that, is it OK to plant lawsons cypress, or maybe thuja, or cupressus, or any conifers for that matter. Most have similar problems regarding cutting back if allowed to get out of hand and all grow fairly fast if not quite at the rate of leylandii.