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  • Forum post: Helping Mallards nesting in Kent.

    Hi all, I live on a houseboat on the Medway estuary, Kent. Yesterday we noticed our resident mallard has a new broad of 7 chicks, unfortunately though last year we only saw the chicks for a couple of days and each day it was distressing to notice the number of chicks get less and less :( I'm wondering...
  • Forum post: Re: Fat/suet ball holders

    Thanks, Coal. It's been there around a year now so they should be used to it. They don't seem scared of it as they sit on the top and feed from a seed holder not a foot away. I've made some "fat balls" out of lard, nuts, raisins and seeds tonight, shaped in yoghurt pots, and...
  • Forum post: Rat-proof bird feeder? Help please!!

    Hello all, This is my first post, but I really need some help if anyone can provide any! Last winter I was unfortunate enough to have rats in my home for the first time - a thoroughly unpleasant experience. Although the advice from the pest controllers was to stop feeding the birds, I was very...