• The Back Garden Naturalist

    The Back Garden Naturalist

    Written by Graham Wellstead. As a lifelong enthusiasm for almost all things natural virtually controls my life – not quite every living thing, I admit to failure when it comes to enthusing my wife of 60 years. She does, however, enjoy watching the birds on our feeders, placed where she can see them, confined to…

  • What’s on the bird table?

    What’s on the bird table?

    A male Blackbird (Turdus merula) taking sunflower hearts:

  • BIRD GARDENING – HOW DID IT START?

    BIRD GARDENING – HOW DID IT START?

    Knight the pioneer: How did ‘bird gardening’ become established in British life? Simon King reveals its origins in the ideas and writing of the famous WW2 spy catcher – none other than Maxwell Knight. The practice of putting out food for birds in gardens is more popular now than ever before, with more than half…

  • How did ‘bird gardening’ become established in British life?

    Simon King and Margaret Cooper reveal its origins in the ideas and writing of the famous WW2 spy catcher – none other than Maxwell Knight. Available in this week’s Cage & Aviary Birds Magazine