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A few years ago I bought a bit of land behind our house. Most of it is now laid as garden and grass for the dogs and kids to enjoy but at the foot of the garden we have a little woodland with a stream running through it.
In addition to the 3 dogs I have 4 cats and unfortunately the cats do kill a lot of stuff - garden birds, pigeons, mice, voles, rabbits and even the odd crow.
Because of this I have never encouraged birds to the garden which is a shame but I know what would happen. Anyway - this wooded bit down at the end of the garden would make a great place to do some wildlife photography. The big trees (not in these pics) have tawny owls, buzzards and we sometimes get deer down there but what I'd like to do is have a go at photographing garden birds.
What concerns me though are the cats. They wouldn't be hunting whilst I was down there but the last thing I want to do is lead the little birds to slaughter whilst I'm away.
Do any other cat owners manage to attract garden birds ?
All manner of birds obviously bob about down there without me noticing as it's a 'wild' patch but I'm wondering if attracting more birds by adding feeders would aid the cats more than it would me ??
Here's the area anyway.....
Just one existing box
In addition to the 3 dogs I have 4 cats and unfortunately the cats do kill a lot of stuff - garden birds, pigeons, mice, voles, rabbits and even the odd crow.
Because of this I have never encouraged birds to the garden which is a shame but I know what would happen. Anyway - this wooded bit down at the end of the garden would make a great place to do some wildlife photography. The big trees (not in these pics) have tawny owls, buzzards and we sometimes get deer down there but what I'd like to do is have a go at photographing garden birds.
What concerns me though are the cats. They wouldn't be hunting whilst I was down there but the last thing I want to do is lead the little birds to slaughter whilst I'm away.
Do any other cat owners manage to attract garden birds ?
All manner of birds obviously bob about down there without me noticing as it's a 'wild' patch but I'm wondering if attracting more birds by adding feeders would aid the cats more than it would me ??
Here's the area anyway.....
Just one existing box