Scotland’s Worst Garden Pest Do you have a wood pigeon in the garden? How things have changed. Once upon a time there was a grey doo that kept itself to itself. This pigeon lived in the forest and nibbled harmlessly on acorns, beech-mast, weed seeds and so on. It was quite an agreeable existence. There …
Category: Garden Birds
Mar 01
THE ROBIN IN THE GARDEN – always happy to see you
A Robin in the Garden – it’s cheerful The robin in the garden likes the thick screen that shelters us from the westerlies, even though the hedge seems less secure now that its hawthorn leaves are down. It’s a mixed hedge as well as hawthorn, with beech and holly to give all year interest. But …