Just Add Birds…..

Posted on November 1, 2010 by wildlifegardening

I am currently trying out the seed mixes for the new bird food company JustAddBirds and really enjoying the process!  It’s fascinating to see the birds encountering new foods that they may not have seen before (well not here anyway) and deciding whether they like them or not.  Case in point has been our Berry Pellets and Insect Pellets, both components of the SuperPure No Mess Mix.  The pellets fly (literally) out of the feeders!  All the tit species love them plus long-tailed tits too which are around in a flock of about twelve here just now.  It has also given me an opportunity to watch the birds more closely – that coal tit we have is actually four coal tits – I have seen them all at the same time – and the marsh tit is certainly two individuals.  Interesting!!

About wildlifegardening

Jenny Steel was a Plant Ecologist at Oxford University before becoming a writer. She has more than 20 years experience of writing about and teaching ecology, natural history and wildlife gardening. She is also a photographer, journalist and former plant nursery owner, and a lecturer and tutor in adult education. She has appeared on a variety of radio and television programmes including Gardener’s World with Alan Titchmarsh, and she presented a series of items on the BBC 2 gardening show, How Does Your Garden Grow. She has worked with and written for a variety of organisations including the Royal Horticultural Society, Natural England, Atropos, Ernest Charles, the Adult Residential Colleges Association (ARCA), Haiths, Usborne Books, Complete Gardens, Oxfordshire County Council, the charity Growing Native and several of the Wildlife Trusts. She is also the Garden Bird Guru for the wild bird food company JustAddBirds of which she was a co-founder. The Emmy Award winning film company Panache Productions are currently making a film about her wildlife garden in South Shropshire. She has written 10 books on wildlife gardening. Her website can be found at www.wildlife-gardening.co.uk and her bird food company at www.JustAddBirds.co.uk
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1 Response to Just Add Birds…..

  1. Just add birds - we'll do the rest says:
    November 1, 2010 at 5:54 pm

    That’s a great picture of those Long-tailed tits. Just perfect!

    Reply

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