Ready for winter One of my great pleasures is my bird table. I buy premium Robin Mix bird food from Pets at Home, add dried insects, sunflower seeds and raisins to it, and each day I put a big scoop of it out for the birds, along with a couple of fat balls.

I get lots of birds visiting, as well as plenty of squirrels. One, who I recognise as a daily guest, has a very healthy appetite. I think he's probably the fattest squirrel in Essex by now. But hopefully he should survive the winter with that extra layer he's packed on in recent weeks. He has the chubbiest arms I've ever seen on a skwerl.


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