Attracting Birds to a New-Build Garden With No Trees (UK)
A bare garden’s problem isn’t a lack of food — it’s a lack of cover. Birds won’t use an exposed feeder with nowhere to escape to. Put in something to…
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How to Keep Cats Away From Bird Feeders
The two changes that make the most difference are feeder placement and timing. Put feeders about two metres from cover — close enough for birds to escape into, far enough…
Birds Nesting in Your Roof or Eaves: What You Can and Can’t Do
If birds are nesting in your roof right now, the short answer is: you have to leave them alone until the young have fledged. It’s not a matter of preference…
Rats Under the Bird Feeder: How to Stop Attracting Them
Rats aren’t after your feeder. They’re after what falls out of it. That distinction matters, because it points straight at the fix: eliminate the spillage and you eliminate the food…
How to Attract Birds to a Balcony or Flat With No Garden
You don’t need a garden. A hanging feeder on a bracket, a shallow water dish and a pot of the right plants will bring birds to a first-floor balcony —…
How to Stop Birds Flying Into Your Windows
Birds hit windows because they don’t see glass — they see the reflection of sky, trees and open space, and fly straight at what looks like a clear route. The…
Best Plants to Attract Birds to a UK Garden
Planting for birds has become considerably more important than it used to be — because current UK guidance asks people to pause seed and peanut feeding between 1 May and…
I’ve Found a Baby Bird — What Should I Do?
Most baby birds found on the ground do not need rescuing. If it has feathers and is hopping about, it’s a fledgling — that’s a normal stage, its parents are…
When to Put Up a Nest Box (and Exactly Where to Site It)
Autumn or early winter is the best time to put up a nest box, and you want it in place by mid-February at the very latest. Birds prospect for nest…
Bird Baths: Choosing One, Siting It, and Stopping It Freezing
Water is often more valuable to garden birds than food, and it’s the thing most people get wrong. Birds need it for drinking and — just as importantly — for…