We've had a bird-feeder or two in the garden ever since we moved here, aside from a short period when the dropped seed seemed to be attracting mice; solved that one with the arrival of Lily and Lucy, the world's most expensive, inhumane mousetraps. I've surprised myself by becoming unexpectedly twitchy in middle-age - jumping up excitedly to call the girls out to see the two Great Tits that have become regulars on feeder one and ruing having missed two goldfinches on feeder two yesterday morning, a very rare occurrence. Or so Alison, resident ornithological topper, tells me.
But we go through tons of seed, all purchased from CJ Wildbird in 10kg sacks - and I am beginning to realise that this is not just because the birds are hungry...
But we go through tons of seed, all purchased from CJ Wildbird in 10kg sacks - and I am beginning to realise that this is not just because the birds are hungry...
RSS Feed
