You’ve lovingly filled your bird feeder with premium seed, hoping to attract a colourful chorus of British birds, from sparrows and finches to blue tits. But instead, in swoops a furry acrobat – bushy ...

Observing a squirrel scamper up a tree can be delightful, but it can be infuriating to set up a bird feeder only to have it plundered by these bushy-tailed thieves. Many birds rely on the ...

16:16, Mon, May 19, 2025 Updated: 16:21, Mon, May 19, 2025 As springtime gets into full swing with rising temperatures across the UK, many Brits will be looking to get into the garden for some ...

It’s a huge frustration when bird-lovers have filled up their feeders, only to see grey squirrels snaffling all the seeds and fatballs with ease. Over the years, people have tried many tactics to ...

Pet owners might be sitting on an unlikely deterrent, a cone of shame, that could be the secret to helping garden birds by ...

This was a nutty situation for a squirrel who apparently got too greedy. The hungry rodent had to be cut free from a bird feeder in the British city of Surrey while searching for food, the BBC ...

The sight of a squirrel darting up a tree can be delightful, yet it's quite vexing when these furry marauders plunder bird feeders set up with care. Birds particularly benefit from the supplementary ...

It's a familiar frustration for bird lovers: the careful stocking of feeders, only for agile grey squirrels to effortlessly snaffle seeds and fatballs. Over the years, desperate measures to stop these ...

It's a huge frustration when bird-lovers have filled up their feeders, only to see grey squirrels snaffling all the seeds and fatballs with ease. Over the years, people have tried many tactics to ...

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