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That's odd as I said to o.h. earlier, where are all the birds, they aren't bothering with the bread and stuff we put out! We do have a resident female blackbird but haven't seen her for a day or so, and some doves too, and seagulls over in the field at the end of the garden, maybe as it isn't so frozen there is enough stuff out there.

Lizx

What on earth are you putting out to attract the Ravens ?

I don't know what is happening with regards to the birds. On Christmas Eve I went into the garden to put some rubbish in the bin at 2.45 in the morning and they were cheeping, just like a dawn chorus, I fetched hubby out to make sure I wasn't imagining it and he couldn't believe it either.

Helen

Glenys - is fat cake easy to make?

I buy those fat balls to put in the wire feeder - they love those - but if it's easy enough to make them I'd be willing to have a bash.

Jill

We have had a lot more birds than usual. When it freezes our waterfal is very popular for a drink. Never fed birds in the past as our then cat would not leave them alone, but now one is too old and the other dont like it out there! So we are getting some feeders and will start.

Ann, it's the same here. On Christmas Eve I made them 10 fat cakes (I already had 2 or 3 in the fridge), and have 3 left. In addition to putting a fresh one out every day, I've also been putting out lots of seeds and cooked leftovers. They've scoffed the lot!
Bless them, no food goes to waste in this household these days.
x

I think its coz they know that Sain***** and T**** will be empty tomorrow so all those people whom dont rush out at 6am to get food will steal the bird food back!!!

Something I don't? They have been in a feeding frenzy all day. Everything we put out disappears very quickly. we have had three blackbirds feeding up near the house, chaffinches, goldfinches, sparrows, dunnocks, Robin, Greenfinches, doves, woodpigeons, long tailed tits, blue tits, great tits, starlings magpies, crows and ravens all feeding in the garden today.
Perhaps they are expecting a famine, or snow!!!
Ann
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