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Garden Bird Care



Welcome to what is probably the best stocked Wildlife and Bird Centre in the South East. What sets us apart is our huge selection of feeders, a vast stock of food and an array of nest boxes to meet all your wildlife and wild bird requirements.

 

Our centre manager and wildlife expert, Dan Mead, is available to offer advice and tips on how to attract, watch and care for wildlife inside and outside of your garden.  Dan is also joined by bird enthusiast Phil Mason who will be working at Merriments Bird Centre on Fridays and Saturdays.   

 

Dan will be introducing an education programme at Merriments and throughout the year will be hosting a variety of walks and talks and presentations about the importance of helping to conserve our country's birds and wildlife.

 

The Wild Bird Centre has lots of interesting products designed to help wildlife, such as butterfly feeders, insect nest boxes, reptile and amphibian bunkers, bee hives and hedgehog boxes.We also stock Hedgehog food, Badger food and Swan and Duck food. We have a great selection of charts and guides designed to help you identify wildlife as well as books and DVD's to inform and educate. We also have humane animal traps, Butterfly nets, pond nets and trays and magnifying pots for studying small creatures in detail.  Dan and Phil are happy to advise each customer on the best products for their garden.  

 
 
 
 why not come in and browse our amazing selection of wildlife products
Nest boxes
Bee boxes
Insect houses
charts, guides and books
Cuddly bird toys
C.Ds and D.V.Ds    
 
 
Now's the time to  buy a nest box. Give the birds time to get used to them before spring and provide a winter refuge for those long, cold nights.
 
 
Camera nest boxes from  £89.99
 
 
Great Deals on squirrel proof feeders
 
 
 
WE NOW ALSO STOCK
MIXED CORN, LAYERS MASH AND PELLETTS
A VARIETY OF TOP QUALITY DOG FOOD 
FISH FOOD
PET BEDDING
BARLEY STRAW
MEADOW HAY
PARROTT FOOD(3 VARIETIES AVAILABLE)
   
  

Wildlife we've seen in and around our garden



The List below is presented alphabetically instead of in Taxonomic order to make it easier to find specific species. This is not a complete list but covers many of the species recorded over the last 2 years  

Birds

Blackbird

Blackcap

Black headed Gull

Blue Tit

Brambling

Buzzard

Canada Goose

Carrion Crow

Chaffinch

Chiffchaff

Coal Tit

Collared Dove

Common Gull

Cormorant

Cuckoo

Dunnock

Fieldfare

Garden Warbler

Goldcrest

Goldfinch

Greater Spotted Woodpecker

Great Tit

Greenfinch

Green Woodpecker

Grey Heron

Greylag Goose

Herring Gull

House Martin

House Sparrow

Jackdaw

Jay

Kestrel

 

Kingfisher

Lapwing

Lesser Black Backed Gull

Lesser Spotted Woodpecker

Linnet

Long Tailed Tit

Magpie

Mallard

Marsh Tit

Meadow Pipit

Mistle Thrush

Moorhen

Nuthatch

Osprey

Pheasant

Pied Wagtail

Redwing

Robin

Rook

Skylark

Siskin
Snipe

Song Thrush

Sparrowhawk

Starling

Swallow

Swift

Treecreeper
Wheatear

Whitethroat

Willow Warbler

Wood Pigeon

Wren

Yellow Hammer

Mammals

Bank Vole

Brown long eared Bat

Common Shrew

Field Vole

Fox

Hedgehog

Pipistrelle Bat

 

Rabbit

Squirrel

Stoat

Water Shrew

Weasel

Wood Mouse
Yellow Necked Mouse

Butterflies and Moths

Brimstone
Cinnabar

Clouded Yellow

Comma

Common blue

Gatekeeper

Green veined white

Grizzled Skipper

Holly blue
Hummingbird Hawkmoth

Large Skipper

Large White

Meadow Brown

 

Orange tip

Painted lady

Peacock
Poplar Hawkmoth

Purple Hairstreak

Red Admiral

Ringlet

Small Copper

Small Skipper

Small Tortoishell

Small White

Speckled Wood

Dragonflies and Damselflies

Azure Damsel

Beautiful Demoiselle

Black Tailed Skimmer

Blue tailed Damsel

Broad Bodied Chaser

 

Brown Hawker

Common Blue Damsel

Common Hawker

Emperor

Large Red Damsel

Reptiles and Amphibians

Common Frog

Common Toad

Common (Viviparous) Lizard

 

Grass Snake

Slow Worm

Smooth Newt

Other Insects and Spiders

2 Spot Ladybird

7 Spot Ladybird

14 Spot Ladybird

22 Spot Ladybird

Buff Tailed Bee

Cockchafer Beetle (May Bug)

Comb Footed Spider

Common Carder Bee

Garden Spider

Green Lacewing+

Hairy Flower Bee

 

Lesser Stag Beetle

Money Spider

Honey Bee

House Spider

Jumping Spider

Orb Web Spider

Red Mason Bee

Red Tailed Bee

Violet Ground Beetle

White Tailed Bee

Wolf Spider

 


The links above (Introduction, Feeders) allow you to browse through our Garden Bird Care Section

» Continue to Feeders

 
A number of our feeders are on display in the wild area of our fabulous garden. From the bird hide you can watch close up many garden species feeding. Over 60 species of birds have been seen at Merriments.
 
To view our full product range and price list, please click here  please call for any specific item requests or for any products that are not displayed in the price list
 
For any further information, enquiries or prices phone 01580 860666.