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It’s not a bad thing to not use bird feeders through the summer anyway Pete - some big debate between RSPB and wildlife trusts around bird feeders and pretty horrible diseases which can be spread easily in the warmer months. Takes strict hygiene discipline to keep them safe and for most UK garden birds food is more plentiful during the summer months anyway.
19th Jun 2026 18:40:09
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One thing I have noticed is, having stopped dead-heading flowers this year, is an increase in goldfinches in the garden - they are one of the only birds to feed seeds directly to their chicks so my foxgloves and lupins are left to go to seed and they love them. My hunter cat is getting too old to be effective so it’s a happy balance at the moment, we had a hummingbird hawk moth here earlier today - stunning creature never seen one before.
Stopped feeding the birds since the cat adopted us. He's a hunter, you see.
19th Jun 2026 17:50:33
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It is free yes. Heartily recommend it.
19th Jun 2026 17:20:20
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the Merlin app sounds good, is it free?
19th Jun 2026 17:11:43
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Get loads of songbirds but temporarily stopped feeding them during Summer
All creatures great and small Keefy!
19th Jun 2026 16:30:24
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Can’t see Australia getting anything later on but good luck to yuz anyway cobbers.
19th Jun 2026 12:48:57
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Stick some onions and garlic in there just in case
19th Jun 2026 11:57:48
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One fell in my water butt , never made it. If it happens again, its yours Trigger
19th Jun 2026 11:50:47
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When do we usually announce the new kit? Cardiff just did theirs. It’s blue and white. Wonder what colours ours will be.
19th Jun 2026 11:14:33
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Indeed TF but I've never managed to catch one of the local wood pigeons yet.
19th Jun 2026 11:02:16
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Er if you’ve ever had pigeon breast in a nice cranberry jus you’ll think differently.
19th Jun 2026 10:55:28
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Wood pigeon = fly rat no possible benefit to the planet
19th Jun 2026 10:52:28
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One other Merlin comment. My girl was recently in New York and she's a bird nerd, and used the app there, totally impressed with the new birds that she got to experience whilst there. We often call Brenda, after the actress Brenda Fricker the Pigeon lady in Home Alone 2
19th Jun 2026 10:34:36
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She wears that tag with pride.
Yeah those prem fixtures look so shit. Literally zero interest from me.
19th Jun 2026 10:24:31
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Premier league fixtures out….yawn
19th Jun 2026 10:18:55
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Arsenal v Coventry sounds so retro
Merlin App makes an appearance on Clarksons farm
19th Jun 2026 10:17:02
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Prefer the human version, totally barking...
Ahh that’s interesting - thanks Trigg.
19th Jun 2026 10:00:17
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And yes it’ll identify woodpeckers from the drumming as well as its call.
19th Jun 2026 09:56:00
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I like the Merlin app. Never picks up a tree creeper though.
19th Jun 2026 09:54:55
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Mexico win their group with a game to spare. Will play a 3rd placed team in the R32 and then, if things go how we would expect them to go for England, we play them in Mexico City in the R16. They didn’t look particularly impressive against a poor South Korea last night but they’ll raise their game against us.
d4d4 - also, how does it pick up a woodpecker from its tapping rather than from its call…?
19th Jun 2026 09:45:41
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Been having a go with this new Merlin App, identifying birds by their song. Very good but not totally reliable, told me I’d got a collared dove and a stock dove when it was just the poo-everywhere wood pigeons. Have had them in the garden before but not for years.
19th Jun 2026 08:48:07
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