Hobbies and Crafts

Jane I've thought about getting a bird window feeder for MOG's 87 year old uncle, he loves to feed and watch the birds but finds it increasingly more difficult to get into the garden, my thinking is if the feeder is put in the right place uncle could fill it up from indoors and reach it to bring it in when it needs washing, can you imagine the mess he will have on his windowsill :-D :-D :-D

Lesley x

Ann they are called Suet Pellets (I call them sticks) I don't know why I call them that lol.You can buy them in any pet shop or garden centre .The birds just love them.Especially the Berry flavour .

Jane, not sure what fat sticks are, don't think I have seen them

Kandj,I just put the berry flavoured fat sticks in the window feeder at the moment and NONE gets spilled.The birds just command pick a stick up and fly off.It's like Whacky Races lol.I do have a little mouse that lives in the Rockery bit just under where I hang the coconut and it pops out to pick up any little bits of fat that the birds drop.It just goes back to the nooks and crannies in the rockery :-D
Go on spoil yourself and get a window feeder …..just put fat sticks in and not seeds.
You will love it :-D :-D

Kandj,
Envious of your breezy sunny day, I was just about to put my washing out (no tumble drier) when it started to look like rain. And now it is raining. :-( :-(

A bright crisp dry day here in Yorkshire this morning, with a gently breeze, hopefully to help dry my washing today.

We had lots of seagulls yesterday swooping around. Isn't that meant to be a sign of bad weather...... or have I just dreamt that up?

Jane, I also am considering buying a stick-on window bird feeder but have been put off thinking the birds would spill the seeds on the ground and perhaps attract mice.
I just don't like the little furry mice so this has put me off in the past.

Oh, nearly forgot..... our regular robin is back and his appearance made our day yesterday.

Nice to see the green one anyway Jane. Maybe the spotted is showing disgust at the trees being lopped :-D

Our Green Woodpecker has been around a lot in the last few days.But the spotted one that was about in the summer with babies seems to have disappeared.
We have a decorator in at the moment and he has been fascinated with my stuck on window feeder.He couldn't believe how many different birds visit it.(I think he might get one himself :-D

We actually had several sparrows on the feeders this morning so maybe they have decided it is safe to return now. :-)

Lesley, I can remember that poem very well

The North wind doth blow and we shall have snow
And what will the robin do then, poor thing?
He'll sit in a barn and keep himself warm
and hide his head under his wing, poor thing.

Anne and Jane, the wind is also blowing here(but no barns around for miles)
The tale about the magpie and the rabbit made me smile. I can just imagine it..

It's bad here tonight.Blowing a blooming gale :-S.Have heard lots of Pheasant noises today .,and lots of guns :-S :-S :-S
As for Magpies..there are so many around at the moment.They seem to have appeared from nowhere .Not in the garden but just scavenging on the road kill :-S :-S I drove down our road today and I counted 6 .The best bit was a Magpie on the verge and a Rabbit suddenly popped out .They frightened each other half to death and both leapt a good foot in the air lol

kandj I hope your robin isn't hiding in a barn somewhere with his head under his wing ;-)

Sorry to hear the weathers not so good in your parts Ann :-(

Lesley x

Blowing a gale here today and very cold rain so no wonder the birds have emigrated to somewhere else :-D

Sparrows, blackbirds, thrushes, wood pigeons and collared doves plus many magpies. Haven't seen our resident robin just lately though, so I wonder where he has hopped off too?

Ann we are hoping someone will be coming to check our garage roof next week, but there are so many around here with far worse damage than us we wont mind if the builder puts us off.

Magpies now there is one bird I don't enjoy seeing :-(

I can't say I have noticed a drop in how many birds we are getting in the garden :-D mind it is still quite mild here :-S

My old boy the pheasant was strutting around today, cheeky beggar was having a good peck at a geranium I haven't taken in yet.

Lesley x

Yes we have a lot too.

I'm seeing lots of Magpies again .Just in the last week.
They are often in the road pecking at road kill :-S

Just very cold and damp here and also not many birds. I suppose they all huddle under cover to conserve energy and come out when the weather brightens.

Heavy rain, almost non stop here in Yorkshire for the past two days and the birds are few in number.

That is good Lesley, about the garage. Better check it for leaks.