alittlebitfrench Posted October 6, 2017 Share Posted October 6, 2017 Calm down Chancer this is about Birdfoodmiles.I have read many posts about expats living in France buying their nuts (for the birds) in the UK because apparently French bird food is not that great. I guess this is the same type of person that eats fish and ships from vans in Eymet.Anyway, so when I was in UK this summer I decided to buy some nuts for the birds. You know ones you can't get in France. OK it goes against my ethics (foodmiles) but I did it as an experiment. So, I have created a little bird garden with bird feeders and filled them up with 'British' nuts. Even put some on a bird table.It has been a week now and not one fecking French bird has been interested in my English nuts.Before you say it, yes we have lots of birds in the garden. All the tits (blue, great, coal, long tailed etc), nuthatches, woodpeckers, robins, warblers...you name it we have got it. Even a heron....maybe I should leave some fish out.So why don't French birds like my English nuts ? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mint Posted October 6, 2017 Share Posted October 6, 2017 Maybe they prefer free-rang(ing)? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cendrillon Posted October 6, 2017 Share Posted October 6, 2017 Be careful what you wish for albf.I read about an English man sunbathing nude in his UK back garden when down swooped a seagull which bit off one of his nuts and duly flew off with it! True story, found on internet news in the Summer. The local hospital A&E confirmed the story. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gardian Posted October 6, 2017 Share Posted October 6, 2017 The seagull thought it was a pee-nut. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
alittlebitfrench Posted October 6, 2017 Author Share Posted October 6, 2017 @ CendrillonYou are talking bollôcksThis whole seagull thing in the UK has passed me by. I was talking to my niece not so long ago at apparently seagulls in the UK are a real problem.....and she lives in Yeovil...my lover.What is going on with seagulls in the UK ? Last time I looked Yeovil is not by the sea !!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alan Zoff Posted October 6, 2017 Share Posted October 6, 2017 Nor is Cheltenham but it's crawling with seagulls. And other birds.Tits like melons Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Harnser Posted October 6, 2017 Share Posted October 6, 2017 "So why don't French birds like my English nuts ?"I can tell you are a townie -Birds are not hungry at the moment because the weather is mild and the supply of insects that a lot of them feed on is still there.When it gets cold, they will be around after your nuts. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mint Posted October 7, 2017 Share Posted October 7, 2017 I suggest that, when it gets cold, you wrap up well, ALBF! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
andyh4 Posted October 7, 2017 Share Posted October 7, 2017 I have the same problem with my fat balls ALBF.You hang them out for weeks or months and no birds are attracted. Then comes a cold snap and there are tits all over them. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nomoss Posted October 9, 2017 Share Posted October 9, 2017 Are the moderators being lax in allowing posts mentioning tits like melons and fat balls? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
alittlebitfrench Posted October 11, 2017 Author Share Posted October 11, 2017 Breaking news....A French great tit has just had a peck at my nuts......and then flew off.I might just leave some camembert out instead. I am convinced French birds don't like English nuts. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
woolybanana Posted October 11, 2017 Share Posted October 11, 2017 Put out sunflower seeds, they go at any season.And you could grow your own. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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