Wanted Please - Harrogate / York / Leeds area

[Chucky Mama]

As a result of the dry weather in parts of the country, some birds are struggling to find mud to build their nests I heard an appeal of the news today asking for people to piles or shallow trays of mud out to help them nest build.

[Jools]

Or send them up here!! We had a brief respite from the rain this afternoon.

[Chucky Mama]

We had about 10th of a millimetre down here today. The ground is parched.

[craftyhunnypie]

I dampen down a raised bed in hot weather to avoid all the dust over the garden. It's the girls dustbath - but gets over dusty sometimes & when the breeze catches it it's like a sandstorm!

So I get the shower hose on it or the watering can. Have seen birds getting beak fulls of the stuff. That & feathers!

Emma.x

[The Dogmother]

Parched here too, we have lots of hose martins in the street so I'll make them a mud bath for their construction projects.

[lillybettybabs]

We have them here, I'll sort some mud out at dinner time.

[beach chick]

I have visions of everyone out making mud pies! I have 3 veg beds and one flower bed that I am watering every day at the moment (all new stuff that needs to get established), and I have noticed that the birds are very keen - I just thought they were after worms that the water had brought to the surface.