Live Mealworm Feeding Station Live Webcam It is so entertaining watching our farm yard birds fight over the live mealworms that we put out for them. We sometimes use a caged live food feeder to preven
Why it is vital to keep bird feeders and feeding areas clean? After cats, the biggest reason for the premature death of garden birds is probably disease caused by dirty bird feeders. Some species of b
A blooming good idea! In 1995 Nicholas took a bird watching holiday in Argentina, returning with black sunflower seeds for his wife, Anne to grow in the garden. After flowering, the sunflowers were l
Attracting wild birds to your garden is both hugely enjoyable and very rewarding, plus it also helps wildlife conservation and specifically helps reverse the trend of declining populations of many o
Our guest blogger Andrew Cooper discusses the British robin and its methods of surviving winter
Our gurst blogger, Phil Pickin, looks at last year's breeding season
It's not just the selection of bird food that is important in determining which species of bird you attract to your garden, but also the type of bird feeder and where feeders are sited. The followin
Our guest blogger Phil Picken looks at ways to look after wildlife in the new decade
Most of the rivers and drains are full and three River Witham tributaries have broken their banks
Our position of not jumping on the band wagon with Black Friday deals, as we don’t agree with the concept of fuelling consumerism to the detriment of our planet, also has a more prosaic basis: we
The weather is a key topic on the farm at them moment, as its effects are far reaching
This week sees the launch of a campaign by The Wildlife Trusts called ‘Action for Insects’, with the initiative based on a report into insect decline by Professor Dave Goulson (University of Suss