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A short clip to show just how easy a squirrel can overcome a baffle, which is positioned too low. I have found the best height for a squirrel baffle to be at least 115cm (top of baffle from ground). This is just high enough that a squirrel cannot jump over the baffle to reach the pole. The minimum distance from potential launch sites is at least 2.5 metres. It took me a couple of moves to find ...

This clip was made using a wildlife camera, strapped to a tree trunk. A Great Spotted Woodpecker found my log feeder hanging in the tree. Find out more at birdslife.co.uk

This is a video of a Long Tail Tits on a fat ball feeder. I used a tripod and a Samsung Galaxy S7 Edge smartphone to record this, using the Samsung Flow app to remotely access the phone. Find out more at birdslife.co.uk

This is a short video clip captured using the 'Alfred Camera' mobile phone app (Samsung Galaxy S7 Edge). Taking photos and video of garden birds on a feeder doesn't need to be difficult or expensive. All this required was a tripod and a smartphone.

I enjoy feeding the birds in my back garden but feeding birds can attract rats. If you put out bird feeders and you see rats in your garden it could be the feeders attracting them. But how can we stop attracting rats to a bird feeder? The main reason rats find your feeders is because of the seed that has dropped to the ground below. So we need to find a way to stop this from happening. In this ...

Why Do Birds Spit Out Seeds?

A rat in the garden on a bird feeder.