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Keep the bread in the kitchen and feed ducks and swans some proper food It doesn’t seem that long ago that feeding ducks and swans with bread at our local pond, river or canal was a perfectly accept
Frosty mornings in March are not something we are used to down in the depths of Devon. Perhaps up on Dartmoor but not here closer to the sea. Our farm is just a couple of miles inland from the south
As part of our monthly series which focuses on a particular species of garden bird, this month it's the Blackbird – a bird we’re all very familiar with but perhaps there’s more to know? The Blac
The photo shows my small bothy by the river Fleet, and this is where I write my occasional guest blog for Vine House Farm. In the background is our house, and the land to the left of both buildings is
It doesn’t seem that many years ago that tube seed feeders all had simple straight perches. Such a perch is fine for species such as Greenfinch and Great Tit, but Chaffinches can struggle on them an
Winter is a great time to watch wildlife and walking into the wind can be especially fruitful. Many birds and mammals are so busy finding food they do not sense your approach. You can get quite clos
We all know that the birds that visit our gardens in winter need more food to keep themselves warm when the temperature really drops, but the extent to which this is true and the level of importance d
Here at Church Farm in south Devon, the morning queue is not for the bathroom but the bird table. Blue and great tits gather in nearby bushes for their breakfast. They have us well trained. Summer las
Coal Tits are a fairly regular visitor to most garden feeding stations, with the exception of areas with few trees and in particular few conifers – where we are in the Lincolnshire Fens being a good
There’s been a great piece in the news this week – which even made the BBC news homepage – about how Blackcaps have shifted their European migration route to exploit the food we put out for bird
What a year so far! Summer at Church Farm in Devon was blissfully hot and dry until August arrived. Butterflies and bees flourished on the abundance of wild flowers bursting in the meadows. Our bird
This is a subject we’ve covered in previous years, but it always seems popular so we’re revisiting it again. So, for a start off, we’re really talking about two groups of birds here: The specie
Barn Owl Bonanza 2014 has been a fantastic season for Barn Owls in South Lincolnshire, broods of 6 have been quite common and we have had several pairs rearing second broods. In 30 years of recording
Wildlife In Your Garden, with Vine House Farm Steve and Liz Dudley kindly answer our questions on how they have created their own wildlife garden in the Cambridgeshire fens. Where do you live – town
If there’s one little bird which tends to get overlooked in our countryside and gardens, it’s the Dunnock. Which is all a bit unfair on this most interesting and likable of species, and to make ma
What a beautiful summer so far. Apart from the occasional thunderstorm Devon has been hot and dry. Although recently I was a little concerned to hear our local BBC weatherman using a new technical ter