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Garden birds will visit every day if you plant these three flowers in April " and stop wasting money on feeders
6+ day, 22+ hour ago (591+ words) Plenty of gardens look picture perfect in April yet stay strangely quiet, while next door the air is full of chirping robins and flitting blue tits. The difference is rarely luck; it is much more about what is growing at…...
New RSPB warning for April: three simple gardening jobs you must do now to protect garden birds from a deadly disease
1+ week, 4+ day ago (596+ words) April is usually when British gardeners rush out bird seed, top up baths and enjoy the sudden chorus in back gardens. This year, though, those familiar routines are sitting under a spotlight. The Royal Society for the Protection of Birds…...
UK gardeners urged to stop scattering seed on the lawn " this ground-level trick brings 16 hidden bird allies
1+ mon, 1+ week ago (647+ words) Look down at your lawn and borders and you may be missing some of the hardest-working wildlife in your garden. Many of Britain's favourite birds do most of their feeding on the ground, quietly hoovering up insects, worms and fallen…...
UK gardeners urged to put this breakfast leftover on bird tables in March " small birds desperately need it
1+ mon, 4+ week ago (600+ words) As songbirds start pairing up in March, many UK gardeners are looking for ways to help them without spending a fortune on specialist feed. Wildlife experts say a common kitchen leftover could make a real difference. That leftover is the…...
Stop wasting compost on dead seeds: this 10-second light trick reveals which faded packets are still worth sowing
1+ mon, 4+ week ago (554+ words) Late winter, you prise open an old biscuit tin and find a jumble of seed packets, corners soft, dates smudged. Throw them away, or risk wasting compost, heat and hope on trays that might never sprout? Seed packets do not…...
UK gardeners warned they're using the wrong bird food " this simple menu pulls in finches, goldfinches and starlings
2+ mon, 5+ day ago (491+ words) You hang feeders, scatter seed, watch the lawn" and no finches, goldfinches or starlings appear. For many UK gardeners, winter bird feeding feels bafflingly hit-and-miss. Very often the problem is not the lack of feeders, but the menu. Each of…...
Garden experts say anyone with a bird bath must pour in this simple kitchen staple before March " or risk harming birds
2+ mon, 1+ day ago (640+ words) By the time winter is fading and the first bulbs are pushing through, the one thing in your garden most in need of attention is often the bird bath. The same shallow bowl that kept robins and blue tits going…...
Gardeners' World warns anyone with a bird box: five urgent weekend jobs to make your garden a nesting magnet
2+ mon, 2+ week ago (590+ words) Tits, robins and sparrows are already eyeing up nest boxes across Britain while many of us are still thinking about Valentine's plans. In its February task list, BBC Gardeners' World Magazine has picked out nest box maintenance as one of…...
Robins and sparrows vanishing from your garden? Plant this one purple-berried shrub Alan Titchmarsh says they adore
2+ mon, 2+ week ago (474+ words) If your garden has fallen strangely quiet, one unassuming shrub with neon-purple berries could change that in a single season. Gardeners across Britain are turning to a berry-bearing plant championed by Alan Titchmarsh to tempt robins and house sparrows back…...
Robins will flock back to your garden if you do this simple task this January
3+ mon, 2+ day ago (642+ words) The bird table is piled high with peanuts and fat balls, yet the branch where your familiar red-breasted visitor once perched is suddenly empty. The garden feels strangely flat, the only movement coming from noisy green parakeets and hefty pigeons…...