Birds of Boroughbridge

Slim Jim on the Fat Balls

When Keith and I moved to the shop we brought our two Jack Russells, Kip and Tanner, and their best friend Ginny the pussycat (who thought she was a Jack Russell). Sadly three years ago we lost them all to old age and illness. With the shop taking up so much of our time we thought it would be unfair to bring a new kitten or puppy into our lives and instead we encourage the birds of Boroughbridge into the yard at the rear of the shop.

The first regular visitor was a slender sparrow we have nick named Slim Jim. He has since been joined by half a dozen more who appear more rounded so he is still easy to pick out. Another regular is Joe Black, the blackbird. He arrived one sunday with a large portion of pizza from Fishergate. It took him nearly a week to finish it and in that time he realised that we were putting out bird seed, peanuts, fat balls, brown bread and fruit. So he calls several times everyday.

Other birds attracted to the yard are doves and a couple of large pigeons that remind me of B52 bombers.