HAS YOUR GARDEN GONE QUIET? You may be thinking that there is little left in your garden now but falling leaves, driving rain and blustery wind. That all your beautiful garden birds have left the UK and migrated south for

It’s a real treat to see wild garden birds eating nuts, grains and seeds that you have provided for them especially in the colder months when you know that you are also helping them to survive the winter. Feeding birds

One of my earliest memories of spending time with my Scottish granny was going out into her garden every morning, brushing away the snow when it fell, and scattering the ground with an incredible variety of food for her “birdies”!

Should you feed birds in the summer? This is a question that is much debated especially amongst my mum’s generation but in a nutshell (and according to the RSPB) the answer is YES! So hooray! There’s no need to stop

Providing a safe watering hole for our wild garden birds is a wonderful thing to do. It not only helps sustain life but also gives us the chance to observe our feathered friends as they drink, wash, preen and, in

We all know that water is a vital ingredient for life, and this includes for our wild garden birds too. They don’t need bottled water from France or Fiji or filtered water or even fresh rainwater - tap water or

My GELDA bird baths caught the eye of Dr Olivia Chapple who, in 2011 in honour of her son, started the national charity Horatio’s Garden. During the school holidays, Horatio volunteered at the Duke of Cornwall Spinal Treatment Centre in Salisbury

Birds are a joy to watch especially when they come to drink and bathe in your bird bath. If you're looking for an easy way to include birds in your gardening space, then a bird bath is certainly the way

I am often asked how did this all begin and of course there is a story to tell. One day two friends were chatting on the telephone about work – one in London, one in Hampshire – but it turns out