As the season changes I am just about to start feeding the birds in the back garden. Big bag of bird seed is on the shopping list for Monday and the bird feeders are out of the shed waiting to be cleaned.
I have a bird table on the other side of the house, which up until now has been the sole territory of the sparrows and has been filled daily with bird crumbs, leftover couscous, crumbled crackers and what ever else didn’t get eaten that day. In the last few weeks it has been taken over by blue tits, great tits and even a jaunty crested tit. There has obviously been some sort of turf war and I am curious as where my squabbling and normally numerous sparrows have gone.
Today, there was a new twist as I noticed honey bees rolling about in crumbs of discarded flapjack. The last flowers have secumbed to the first frost , but the warm weather has encouraged the bees to keep flying and the sugary flapjacks were obviously just what they needed to refuel on a still November afternoon.
Cathy's real country garden 
it’s too cold for bees here
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I think this will be a last outing for the bees here!
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I have always enjoyed your posts, but the last several, especially. They seem quite artistic-well-good job! they are like delightful broadcasts-and we can all use some of that!
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You are very kind! The natural world always cheers me up and it is fun to share a bit of that through the inter Web!🌞🐝🦋
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There’s still been plenty of bees here as well, as well as blue and great tits. xx
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Save the bees! Must be so lovely to enjoy watching all these different animals enjoying your offerings!
Abby – http://www.seafoaming.com
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Hi Abby. Your blog looks interesting. Good luck with it and I hope you find lots of fascinating articles to fill it.
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How interesting, I have never seen bees studded with crumbs, but it makes sense that they would use any source of sugar available. It probably won’t be warm enough for bees much longer.
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I think that was a last foray !
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I feed the birds all year, even in the summer, during wet days they have a feeding frenzy. You can read more on my wildlife page. I love the picture at the end of the church, where is it?
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It is in the very south of the Alsace in France on the border with Switzerland.
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Wow…😮😮😮
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