Welcome back! In this episode we cover some latest news about peat and bumblebees, and talk about everything you need to know about feeding your garden birds. We also have a in-depth look at the lovely hazel tree.
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*Note: We mention a 10% bleach solution for cleaning bird feeders. This is a 1 part bleach to 9 parts water solution, i.e. 10ml bleach to 90ml water.
Peaty news
Why peat is good for the climate and nature: a guide | Friends of the Earth
Bumblebees and land use research
Effects of land use at a landscape scale on bumblebee nest density and survival (wiley.com)
Late flowering plants for your garden:
Agastache
Asters (Symphyotrichum)
Sedum (Hylotelephium)
Salvia (Hot-lips/Amethyst-lips, nemorosa, sylvestris etc)
Rudbeckia
Helenium
Echinacea
Purple Loosestrife (Lythrum salicaria)
Betony (Stachys officinalis)
Thymus (many cultivars)
Oreganum (many cultivars)
Bird food suppliers (that we recommend)
Vine House Farm | Wild Bird Food and Bird Feeders Direct - Vine House Farm
CJ Wildlife, bringing you high quality wildlife products | CJ Wildlife (birdfood.co.uk)
Feeding birds for beginners
https://www.bto.org/how-you-can-help/providing-birds/feeding-garden-birds
https://shopping.rspb.org.uk/page/birdfeeders
Grow your own Mealworms
https://www.rspb.org.uk/birds-and-wildlife/advice/how-you-can-help-birds/feeding-birds/safe-food-for-birds/breed-your-own-mealworms/
Bird feeding research
https://bioone.org/journals/acta-ornithologica/volume-50/issue-1/00016454AO2015.50.1.006/Wild-Bird-Feeding-in-an-Urban-Area--Intensity-Economics/10.3161/00016454AO2015.50.1.006.full
Wild bird feeding delays start of dawn singing in the great tit - ScienceDirect
https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/00063657.2013.776004#.UcmTufnVDTo
https://www.nature.com/articles/srep02002
https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s00442-010-1645-x
Does food supplementation really enhance productivity of breeding birds? | SpringerLink
Garden birds: to feed or not to feed? | BTO - British Trust for Ornithology
Garden wildlife health and bird diseases
https://www.gardenwildlifehealth.org/portfolio/trichomonosis-in-garden-birds/
Chaffinch Appeal | BTO - British Trust for Ornithology
https://www.bto.org/our-science/projects/gbw/gardens-wildlife/garden-birds/disease/salmonellosis
https://www.bto.org/our-science/projects/gbw/gardens-wildlife/garden-birds/disease/avian-pox
https://www.bto.org/our-science/projects/gbw/gardens-wildlife/garden-birds/disease/colibacillosis
Hazel
Hazel (Corylus avellana) - British Trees - Woodland Trust
Hazelnut Tree Pollination: Pollination Of Hazelnuts In The Home Orchard (gardeningknowhow.com)
Cobnuts and filberts / RHS Gardening
Hazel dormice range and distribution in the UK (ptes.org)
Hazel - Tree Guide UK Hazel tree identification by leaf, catkin and fruit
Corylus avellana | Online Atlas of the British and Irish Flora (brc.ac.uk)
Ep 2. Feeding Birds and Hazel Trees