Yer lucky you don't have gurt hoards of gulls a'swinging from yer feeders ! Our song thrush seems to have taken up residence nearby, as it has been tootling around for several weeks now. BRILLIANT ! ! ! and beautiful. Time to play a bit of the hallelujah chorus !
i live 100 metres from the sea and only see two gulls that are always across the road on a flat roof of a neighbours house, all the other seagulls are in nearby eastbourne getting fed chips by idiots who then wonder why they get food snatched out of their hands while eating
Most of your seagulls are in birmingham miles from the sea. I live in the middle of a housing estate miles from landfill sights and any open water yet we have plenty of black headed gulls and lesser black back gulls which insist on sitting on our roof at 5 in the morning
Gunna be a pedantic old fart here, and say that gulls are just that, GULLS, SEAgulls are merely that.............. gulls by the sea. as per, black headed fulls are that, NOT black headed sea gulls. Alright, go back to sleep.
Peat b what are you on about you muppet. Sea gulls are sea gulls wether there in blackpool or birmingham. Idiots like you spoil chat rooms for people. Whats the point
You obviously have a shilling thats not quite the full one. I have a friend working with people like you im sorry for your problems mate. I can give you a number if you feel you need help ?
Last year we moved literally just around the corner but the difference in birds is incredible.
In my West facing garden - we had hundreds of Starlings - only a few tits, plus a few pigeons and doves. The starlings especially loved the fat balls in my feeder and used to line up around my bird bath for their daily dip.
We now live with a South facing garden (which is twice as big as before) and now get a whole array of finches, robins, blackbirds, magpies, doves and pigeons. We hardly see Starlings.
In the new garden - they have literally turned up their beaks at the feeder (possibly because we had it too close to the property) but loved the half coconuts.
Whilst I have no idea if the orientation makes any difference..it does seem odd.
My gut feel is the better the variety of planting is great for the wildlife.
Thanks for all the tips everyone - please keep them coming! They are great for a novice gardener like me!!
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Yer lucky you don't have gurt hoards of gulls a'swinging from yer feeders ! Our song thrush seems to have taken up residence nearby, as it has been tootling around for several weeks now. BRILLIANT ! ! ! and beautiful. Time to play a bit of the hallelujah chorus !
i live 100 metres from the sea and only see two gulls that are always across the road on a flat roof of a neighbours house, all the other seagulls are in nearby eastbourne getting fed chips by idiots who then wonder why they get food snatched out of their hands while eating
Gunna be a pedantic old fart here, and say that gulls are just that, GULLS, SEAgulls are merely that.............. gulls by the sea. as per, black headed fulls are that, NOT black headed sea gulls. Alright, go back to sleep.
The point is, dear boy, that gulls are gulls, nothing more, nothing less. Sea gulls are just gulls that are by the seaside, beside the sea.
Last year we moved literally just around the corner but the difference in birds is incredible.
In my West facing garden - we had hundreds of Starlings - only a few tits, plus a few pigeons and doves. The starlings especially loved the fat balls in my feeder and used to line up around my bird bath for their daily dip.
We now live with a South facing garden (which is twice as big as before) and now get a whole array of finches, robins, blackbirds, magpies, doves and pigeons. We hardly see Starlings.
In the new garden - they have literally turned up their beaks at the feeder (possibly because we had it too close to the property) but loved the half coconuts.
Whilst I have no idea if the orientation makes any difference..it does seem odd.
My gut feel is the better the variety of planting is great for the wildlife.
Thanks for all the tips everyone - please keep them coming! They are great for a novice gardener like me!!
Kids ! Huh ! who would have 'em ?