by Christine | Apr 30, 2015 | Birds, Wildlife
With the Cheshire Wildlife afternoon on Friday, I thought it might be a good idea to think about wildlife in the garden, so I will review bird life at Fieldcrest. Nesting Birds Great Tits We are thrilled that we have a great tit brooding 7 eggs in our live camera nest...
by Christine | Feb 13, 2015 | Birds, This Week in the Garden, Wildlife
Next week (February 14th– 21st) is National Nest Box Week. As the number of natural nesting sites in hedges, trees and old buildings has declined, providing artificial nesting sites is very important. I have been out in the garden looking at the various sites that we...
by Phil | Jul 22, 2014 | Bees, Birds, Events, Talks
On Friday August 8th Fieldcrest Garden School will be hosting a course on how to attract birds, bees and butterflies into the garden. Find out more and book.
by Phil | May 19, 2014 | Birds, Salads, This Week in the Garden
The 4 baby great tits are still growing and have feathers and their eyes are open. They are also very noisy! I still fear for one of the babies as the other three literally sit on top of it and prevent it eating. The mother bird was not in the next last night – I am... by Phil | Apr 10, 2014 | Hares, This Week in the Garden
We love our hares so much at Fieldcrest that daughter Sarah has made a yummy carrot cake to celebrate! by Christine | Mar 6, 2014 | Birds, Flowers, This Week in the Garden
Wildlife Garden – Disaster strikes. My worries about the Kestrel have been confirmed – yesterday afternoon a Kestrel zoomed around the house, flew into the window and landed on the path. It flew off after a few seconds with a small bird in its claws. My only...