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You'll get rats. You mark my words.Originally posted by Cyberman View PostAfter today's weather my thoughts are turning to the poor birds who will suffer badly in this weather. I put out some dried oats today for the larger birds but I have a robin family in my garden. Does anybody know if supermarkets sell birdseed ?

Birds were around decades before man, they can survive you know!
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If you had ever been to Newcastle then you would know that birds use the following to protect against the cold :Originally posted by Cyberman View PostAfter today's weather my thoughts are turning to the poor birds who will suffer badly in this weather. I put out some dried oats today for the larger birds but I have a robin family in my garden. Does anybody know if supermarkets sell birdseed ?

vodka
malibu
bacardi
and chips
Dried oats would probably result in you being laughed at (again)
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Most will, particularly the bigger ones.Originally posted by Cyberman View PostAfter today's weather my thoughts are turning to the poor birds who will suffer badly in this weather. I put out some dried oats today for the larger birds but I have a robin family in my garden. Does anybody know if supermarkets sell birdseed ?

MrsF is just putting the new bird feeder out in the garden at the moment - hopefully it will be immune to squirrels trying to break it like they did the last one.
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fixed thatOriginally posted by Ravello View PostCouncil EState handouts from you Cyberman?
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Are they British birds or just flown in from the continent to steal the food from British birds?
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After today's weather my thoughts are turning to the poor birds who will suffer badly in this weather. I put out some dried oats today for the larger birds but I have a robin family in my garden. Does anybody know if supermarkets sell birdseed ?
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