The British trust of ornithology reports that this years nesting activity has for many species of birds been held back by the coldest April in 24 years but May has brought some sunnier days. Nest Box Challenge participants are now reporting the first Blue and Great Tit hatchlings and Robin chicks fledging.
\nThe cold conditions that delayed many of our summer visitors also affected our resident birds, and many are now just at the beginning of their breeding season.
\nWith the continued cold conditions this spring its helpful to keep feeding your garden birds and make suitability safe nesting site by adding nesting boxes in your garden for different species of birds. Providing additional food in your garden for birds especially such foods as meal worms with greatly increase the birds chances of raising a batch of young birds. Remember the more birds in your garden the less pests as the birds are getting up early to eat your pests such as green fly and slugs<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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