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We have some great offers starting today. Save a whopping 20% off our 12.75 kg sacks of bird seed . Offer ends 28 February 2012. Subject to availability. To celebrate National Nest Box Week we've knocked 10% off all our nestboxes .

Hi All I have written many letters to manufactures, stockists and organisations that endorse these companies regarding the danger of mesh bags. I received the first response back from Gardman today. Below I have copied their reply. Gardman Reply "Many millions of fat balls and other...

Right now you can save £5 off all our 12.75 kg sacks of RSPB bird seed and seed mixes. The RSPB's Feed the Birds Day takes place on Saturday 29 October 2011. This special day reminds us about all the things we can do to help birds and other garden wildlife through the winter. Birds really...

Right now you can save £5 off any 12.75 kg sacks of RSPB bird seed and seed mixes (excluding peanuts) when you shop with the RSPB. This great offer is available until 07 June (subject to availability) so why not head over to our online shop or give us a call and stock up now. If you're out...

Hi there, All the birds are now back, I have noticed the Great Tits sit on the feeders chuck the seeds on the floor and then wait, and the pick the seeds up from the floor, eat them and then repeat it. Why are they doing this? Thanks Lauren

This is a tiny flower found in grassy areas at Minsmere. It is easily overlooked. It's a member of the pea family, as can be seen from both the flower shape and the seedhead. This photo was taken on Sunday afternoon in the North Bushes using a Fuji Finepix S1600 on supermacro.

Starting today we have a brand new offer for you, our lovely customers. Spend £30 or more and you can get a 5.5 kg bag of No-mess sunflower mix HALF PRICE - saving you a rather respectable £9.38.

We have a fantastic new offer for you - 20% off our 12.75 kg sacks of bird seed. Birds need lots of energy at this time of year to cope with the cold nights. They're starting to get themselves ready for the breeding season too, and need your help to get into tip-top condition. Stock up on...

I reckon I could power the national grid if Icould capture the energy from my constant shivering. Still. I can always turn-up the heating, chuck another log on the fire or pull on another of my Mum's knitted jumpers. Blue tits , sparrows , starlings (pictured) and robins don't share that luxury...

You may have noticed that it's unseasonably cold? This is the point where we traditionally urge everyone to put out extra food and fresh water for birds. I'm not one to break traditions so I'll urge you to do just that . I would also like to invite you to drink in the spectacle of winter...

When we, and our local partners, took over the management of Harapan Rainforest three years ago, we immediately started training a team of forest wardens to protect the forest from further illegal logging. Working with our partners - Birdlife International and Burung Indonesia - we also came up with...

We're careering towards Feed the Birds Day at an alarming rate. This haste seems to have been maintained throughout 2010 and frankly, I'm looking forward to the Christmas holidays, which are... just eleven weeks away (sound of alarm bells and cash-tills )! A partridge in a pear tree is possible...

The winged seed, like the similar sycamore seed, spins like a helicoptor's rotor blades when it falls off the tree. Eastern hedgerow.

Buzzards spot on there, but you may want to consider saving say 10% of your seed and growing it indoors in a tray just in case our fabulous weather does put the scuppers on the outdoor sown seeds. I've had some success with this in the past, using the indoor/greenhouse grown plants to fill gaps in...

Many birds will have struggled through the harsh weather but it is unlikely to have wiped out all of the greenfinches. Finches can be quite mobile in winter and will often move from field to field and hedgerow to hedgerow in search of seed. It is most likely that they have shifted their forgaing route...

I wonder what he is thinking? A small flock of Starlings were in residence before I moved here; eating the bread and scraps my neighbours put out on a daily basis. However, the starlings now head for the high energy food and peanut feeders first.

House Sparrows tucking into the no-mess bird seed.This is a regular sight in the garden. Hope they breed in the spring.

I placed a couple of feeders on an unused rotary clothes line in the garden. Mostly used by starlings and squirrels but this Great Tit managed to get a High Energy lunch.

These seed and fat feeders were easily made by a Year 2 group with minimum supervision. There are plenty of other activities