Garden Wildlife UK

We have always fed the birds years ago it was bread and crumbs but they always got something Peanuts was the first food I bought.

Thinking back, I believe peanuts were the first for me too !!

I can remember as a child stringing together a chain of peanuts in shells by means of a needle and cotton and hanging them in the lilac . The very first garden bird I saw was a bluey - what else would it be .

In just a few days my flock has diminished to practically zero. Where are they ?? Surely it's early for The Autumn Disappearance ??
Haven't seen a single blackie since Saturday and hardly any sparrows or dunnocks or tits or woodies. What does it mean ??

They are nae we me ,because I dont have any either.

An' there wiz me thinkin' they'd a' gan north fir some sun.

one or two Sparrows first thing nithing to get excited aboot.

It would seem I am slowly lurching into Autumn routine. Things like sultanas which during the summer are gobbled up in a moment can now hang around all day on the bird table before being eaten and likewise other consumables are lasting longer. While we have yet to reach the mid-point of August summer is beginning to feel like a distant memory.

I absolutely concur and agree. The weather even feels like autumn - this morning first thing the temp. was 54F !!!!!! Where's August ?!?!?!?
AND I had a jay gobbling suet pellets to keep out the winter chill.

I quickly learnt that putting the dried mealworms out for the Hogs too early before dusk doomed them for consumption by the Sturks. However I found a cunning hiding place to leave the dish until darkness descended. Well that's what I thought until this evening when the ever vigilant Sturks sussed out my cache and helped themselves. Back to the drawing board

My sparrow population has exploded with the added young ones. Have to top up two more times during the day. Not many starlings about either.