Put out water for birds

[Crimson Dynamo]

https://www.rspb.org.uk/globalassets/images/wildlife/birds/bluetit/1040787.jpg?preset=letterbox_desktop


Get a shalllow bowl and fill it with water and put it out for the birds to bathe nd drink as this prolonged dry spell is hard for the birds.

Our birdbath is awash with birds drinking and bathing all day long.

Go do it now and keep it full up, not too deep just a few inches tops

details here

https://www.rspb.org.uk/get-involved/activities/give-nature-a-home-in-your-garden/garden-activities/maketheperfectbirdbath/

[RileyH]

Don't tell me what to do

[Twosugars]

Get a shalllow bowl and fill it with water and put it out for the birds to bathe nd drink as this prolonged dry spell is hard for the birds.

Our birdbath is awash with birds drinking and bathing all day long.

Go do it now and keep it full up, not too deep just a few inches tops

details here

https://www.rspb.org.uk/get-involved/activities/give-nature-a-home-in-your-garden/garden-activities/maketheperfectbirdbath/



:clap1:

and if you have cats, make them wear bells so they can't catch birds

[Crimson Dynamo]

:clap1:

and if you have cats, make them wear bells so they can't catch birds

or get them put down

:fc:

[Twosugars]

Don't tell me what to do

selfish cow

[RileyH]

selfish cow

oop

[Withano]

Don't tell me what to do

:joker:

[Nicky91]

we have a water fountain in our garden, we saw some birds drinking, but also some wasps i spotted drinking bit of water :flutter:

[AnnieK]

I had to put sugar water out for 4 bees this weekend, the birds are all over my feeders as they are struggling to get anything out of the ground. Will put some water out now, didnt even think about that, thanks LT :clap1:

[Nicky91]

well ours isn't sugar water but wasps were really drinking a lot of water, i was surprised cause i had never seen that from wasps before

[Kazanne]

https://www.rspb.org.uk/globalassets/images/wildlife/birds/bluetit/1040787.jpg?preset=letterbox_desktop


Get a shalllow bowl and fill it with water and put it out for the birds to bathe nd drink as this prolonged dry spell is hard for the birds.

Our birdbath is awash with birds drinking and bathing all day long.

Go do it now and keep it full up, not too deep just a few inches tops

details here

https://www.rspb.org.uk/get-involved/activities/give-nature-a-home-in-your-garden/garden-activities/maketheperfectbirdbath/

We've got one LT,I love to watch them bathe in it, the only trouble is the bloody cat keeps trying to get them,I am at a loss what to do to stop her ( I expect the get rid of her remarks,but its not an option) she has a bell on her collar and we have lights and wind chimes in the trees,but she has still managed to get a few, any tips?

[Marsh.]

Let them fly to the ocean, silly little bitches!

[AnnieK]

We've got one LT,I love to watch them bathe in it, the only trouble is the bloody cat keeps trying to get them,I am at a loss what to do to stop her ( I expect the get rid of her remarks,but its not an option) she has a bell on her collar and we have lights and wind chimes in the trees,but she has still managed to get a few, any tips?

Nothing you can do Kaz, cats are predators and so will hunt. Mine are the same, I hate them a little bit with each kill but it nature.

[Cal.]

:love:

[Kazanne]

Nothing you can do Kaz, cats are predators and so will hunt. Mine are the same, I hate them a little bit with each kill but it nature.

It's horrible AnnieK,I heard one squarking in the garden yesterday,I rushed out and the cat had it on the floor,I shooed her off ,the bird was still alive ,I got the cat in and made sure she couldn't get out again, I picked it up and stroked it,tried to calm it down,I placed it under a shady bush,hoping it would just fly off,but sadly I went out two hours later and it had died, I do get the cat in every night,but it's worse as we have a lot of trees around us,but I know it's nature but I hate the killing and if ever she gets the two robins that visit,she will be evicted.:fist::wavey:

[Twosugars]

cat owners, have you tried looking online for advice? any other tricks, apart from bells, to give birds a fighting chance?

[Cal.]

Just refilled ours!

[Twosugars]

I fill our bird bath every day when watering the garden, but it evaporates in no time

[Scarlett.]

I aint helping out no evil seagulls

[Crimson Dynamo]

as i type I have 5 Sparrows in my bowl

:flutter:

[Nicky91]

i see lovely butterflies in my garden, few white ones, one yellow and one brown-orange :flutter:

[Kazanne]

cat owners, have you tried looking online for advice? any other tricks, apart from bells, to give birds a fighting chance?

I have, and they make special BIBS apparently mostly used in the States
https://www.amazon.co.uk/Small-Cat-Bib-Stops-Killing/dp/B004TW6OZA, not sure if they work ,might try one.

Or this might be better

https://www.amazon.co.uk/Liberator-Audio-Visual-Cat-Collar/dp/B009YWPH3K/ref=pd_cp_199_1?_encoding=UTF8&pd_rd_i=B009YWPH3K&pd_rd_r=7a0bfb2c-7e02-11e8-8043-7b656cff7de9&pd_rd_w=n8V0P&pd_rd_wg=f0ff2&pf_rd_i=desktop-dp-sims&pf_rd_m=A3P5ROKL5A1OLE&pf_rd_p=3262852920272843952&pf_rd_r=PQZXC1NBSGE5N022N95D&pf_rd_s=desktop-dp-sims&pf_rd_t=40701&psc=1&refRID=PQZXC1NBSGE5N022N95D#productDetails

Has anyone used any of these ?

[Twosugars]

Interesting, Kaz. Some people praise the products, some don't. Hard to tell...

[Amy Jade]

LT :clap1:

I bought a cat litter tray and filled that with water for birds on saturday. Thankfully there aren't many cats around here and my dog doesn't care if birds are in the garden so there are always birds swimming or drinking in the garden

[James]

I aint helping out no evil seagulls

Was going to mention seagulls when I first saw this thread. They're a real nuisance at this time of year. People are advised not to encourage them by feeding them.

[Crimson Dynamo]

Was going to mention seagulls when I first saw this thread. They're a real nuisance at this time of year. People are advised not to encourage them by feeding them.

they need to drink however

lets not encourage ornithological racism :nono:

[user104658]

cat owners, have you tried looking online for advice? any other tricks, apart from bells, to give birds a fighting chance?

Give the birds tiny knives.

Film it for YouTube.

[Crimson Dynamo]

Give the birds tiny knives.

Film it for YouTube.

there is a moderately racist joke there but i am not making it :nono:

[Amy Jade]

Even if seaguls are a bit of a pain I would never want to see one dying of thirst.

[Twosugars]

Even if seaguls are a bit of a pain I would never want to see one dying of thirst.

:love:

[Matthew.]

as a general rule, seagulls can be a bit of an arsehole but like amy said, we can’t let them dehydrate and die

[Alf]

Don't do what Shaun Ryder and his brother did.

SYffGozxMbU

[hijaxers]

Always have water for the birds , i love watching them, also got the swifts again this year, fascinating they are!

[Jase.]

Let them fly to the ocean, silly little bitches!

:joker:

[Strictly Jake]

Those mentioning about the seagulls

Im terrified of them they swoop down and are really intimidating

That said the true reason they are worse at the moment then usual is its the time when their babies are born but because of the heat a lot of the baby seagulls are dying so the seagulls are very distressed

Im so scared of them but also feel very sorry for them

The only animal i cant justify is a wasp...evil

[Jase.]

I have two seagulls who come to my garden EVERY single day because I always feed them. I find them so cute :joker: I've named them Sally and Pete. Blatantly married because they're never apart and their fave food is cheese.

[Scarlett.]

Even if seaguls are a bit of a pain I would never want to see one dying of thirst.

Well, they dirtied their ticket when they started diving and attacking people at random :shrug:

[Josy]

There was a bird in my garden kinda laying to one side and not doing anything when I got home from work there, I went out to see if it was ok and it never attempted to fly away or that so I went back out with some water and left it to it for a few mins, checked again and it seems fine now

Not sure if he was exhausted, thirsty or what but seems ok now :shrug:

[Crimson Dynamo]

The Starlings in our new bird bath just now

http://www.thisisbigbrother.com/forums/attachment.php?attachmentid=4226&stc=1&d=1530778415

[Cal.]

Beautiful!

[Gusto Brunt]

Thanks for reminding me, Leather. I'll do it now.

[MTVN]

Don't forget the water for the hedgehogs

[MTVN]

HUNDREDS of baby hedgehogs are dying of thirst in the endless 30C heatwave, experts warned today.

Gardeners are urged to help save them by leaving out saucers of water to drink after weeks with barely any rain.

https://www.thesun.co.uk/news/6701965/hedgehogs-dying-thirst-heatwave-weather-uk/

:worry:

[Crimson Dynamo]

HUNDREDS of baby hedgehogs are dying of thirst in the endless 30C heatwave, experts warned today.

Gardeners are urged to help save them by leaving out saucers of water to drink after weeks with barely any rain.

https://www.thesun.co.uk/news/6701965/hedgehogs-dying-thirst-heatwave-weather-uk/

:worry:

I put out water to a big one that came into the cul de sac the other week desperate for water

[Shaun]

We've got 5 cats, I'm not about to encourage a massacre

[Crimson Dynamo]

http://www.thisisbigbrother.com/forums/attachment.php?attachmentid=4231&stc=1&d=1530964197

[Cherie]

There was a segment on London news on this yesterday, baby hedgehogs in particular are dying of thirst so please put shallow bowls of water out in your garden :bawling:

[Nicky91]

There was a segment on London news on this yesterday, baby hedgehogs in particular are dying of thirst so please put shallow bowls of water out in your garden :bawling:

yep poor animals right now in this dry weather, we also need to give them water, especially now