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Them BIG birds eating all your food?!

6/2/2019

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Ground Guard For Ground Feeding Birds

​One question we get asked about on a regular basis when talking to our customers is "how can I stop all the big bad birds from eating all my bird food - they're just wiping us out and it's costing us a fortune!"
Now, here at Gala Wildlife, we believe all creatures are equal and deserve to be treated the same regardless of size, etc. However, we do understand our customers finding it frustrating when their hard-earned bird food is going up in a flurry of beaks and wings! If you're feeding on the ground, then you're definitely going to encourage them down for a free-for-all feast. So what can you do?!

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NEW! Complimentary Waterfowl Feed

21/1/2019

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Complimentary Waterfowl Feed
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​We are, as a nation, getting more and more aware of the problems arising from over feeding waterbirds too much white bread, causing a condition called Angel Wing. Our Complimentary Waterfowl Food is the perfect solution to visiting our parks, rivers and canals, with the intention of feeding resident ducks, geese & swans...without the conundrum of what to offer them. Packed with a plethora of seeds and flaked maize; it also includes feed pellets with additional vitamins, proteins, minerals & amino acids for that added health boost.

NEW! Complimentary Waterfowl Feed

£1.05 - £19.85
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Breeding season is well and truly here!

20/3/2016

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If you haven't noticed already the birds are singing their courtship songs and gathering nesting material for their forthcoming brood. It's a time of year that I love as I watch our garden birds going about the busy procedure of establishing a territory, nest building and finally laying eggs and rearing this years offspring. 

One way to get a front-row seat watching wild birds during the breeding season is to hang a suitable nest box in your garden - conveniently located so you can watch their activity. Seeing birds raising chicks in the box is a great way for people, young and old, to connect with nature. Fitting a nest box in your garden significantly helps birds, as potential nesting sites are becoming harder to find due to older building renovations, woodland habit and hedgerow loss, overly tidy gardens and predation.

We have a small selection of nest boxes currently available which offer good value for money, and nest box protection plates if you have predators such as squirrels and woodpeckers in the vicinity. 

​A few dos and don't -

Do
  • Select a box that is easily accessed for cleaning at the end of the breeding season.
  • Ensure your nest box is securely fixed to your chosen location.
  • Buy a nest box that is a minimum of 15mm thick for good thermal insulation.

Don't
  • Buy a nest box with a perch next to the entrance hole - it offers a good foothold to predators and easy access.
  • Hang a nest box in direct sunlight as it will become too hot for the inhabitants.
  • Locate near to your feeding area as it will put your birds off due to disturbance.
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Waterfowl Ground Feeding Mix

12/2/2016

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Waterfowl food for feeding on the ground - coming soon!

Incredibly, some 6 million loaves of bread are fed to birds each year throughout England and Wales. Traditionally, any visit to your nearby park or lake would include a bag of some white bread or a loaf or 2 (usually out of date) which would be great for feeding the local waterfowl population - a little treat for the birds, you think. But think again!
​Are you aware that feeding bread to waterfowl is really not good for them?! It's a seemingly innocent act of kindness that can cause health issues for waterfowl such as a condition known as Angel Wing; and in extreme cases where feeding is high volume, it can pollute the waterways. Bread - and particularly white bread - has very little nutritional value and does nothing more than bulk the bird up with a low grade food source. The RSPB, RSPCA and other wildlife welfare organisations all now advocate feeding either a specific floating pellet such as our Swan & Duck floating food or a wheat/corn based mix for feeding on the ground. Therefore, to compliment our Swan & Duck floating food we are shortly going to introduce a very pocket friendly Waterfowl Ground Mix to feed on the banks or in shallow water. If we want to feed our ducks, swans, geese and other aquatic birds then lets make sure they fully benefit from our helping hand by offering them suitable food that maintains their health and vitality - they deserve it.
Say no to feeding bread to waterfowl!
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Big Garden Bird Watch 2016!

11/1/2016

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Big Garden Bird Watch 2016
Look out for some extra special visitors coming to your garden in the Big Garden Bird Watch on the 30th & 31st January 2016!
We're just giving the good folk of Nantwich a timely reminder that it is the RSPB's 'Big Garden Bird Watch' on the 30th and 31st January, 2016!

It's that time of year again where more than half a million people across the country settle down in their window or chosen location to record the nations favourite garden birds. Spending a hour watching how many birds visit your feeding area gives a vital snapshot of the general population in order to monitor increases and decreases of many species of wild birds throughout the UK.

It's a fantastic opportunity to get the young people of Nantwich interested and involved in wildlife - and it's great fun for them, too! Getting children involved in counting and recording the visitations helps to create a healthy respect and appreciation for wildlife for future generations.

Nantwich residents (and our loyal customers) regularly participate in the Big Garden Bird Watch each year and love to discuss the species frequenting their gardens and how many turn up. 

There's still time to get your FREE pack or to register online - simply click here to be redirected to the RSPB's website where there is plenty of  information etc. to get your up and ready to participate in a very worthy exercise. 

Don't forget that Gala Wildlife can supply all your bird food and bird feeder needs for the weekend - all with our FREE LOCAL DELIVERY service. We're always happy to give advice on all your bird feeding requirements - so just drop us a line and we'll get back to you or come and visit us on Nantwich Outdoor Market.
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Website upgrade!

6/12/2015

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A quick notification to all you good folk out there that purchase from our website.

There's going to be quite a change taking place to the overall look of the site shortly and especially to the eCommerce side of it - but don't worry as we'll keep you posted when it's about to happen. We'll be looking to launch in a week or two with some SPECIAL OFFERS - so watch this space! We hope you like it!
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New Home/Shop page.

14/10/2015

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Hello.

We like to keep things simple at Gala Wildlife, so we had a re-look at our website to see if we could make it just that little bit easier to navigate and place orders with us should you wish to do so.

Having placed a poll on our Home page for several weeks to see where customers preferred to place orders; it was apparent that the most frequently utilised page was the Quick Order page, rather than the Shop page (they were under 2 separate tabs on the site).

A quick rejig has now placed our Quick Order page directly on our Home page for easier access to our bird food, bird feeders and other wildlife related products. There is no longer a 'Shop' tab as all our products can now be found on the Home page. Click here.

I hope that makes sense and feel free to let us know what you think.

​Phil & Jason 
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New BIGGER packs of Suet Pellets!

13/3/2015

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Suet Pellets
Suet pellets have been a big hit with your garden bird this winter. And with good reason as they're a perfect cold weather pick-me-up for wild birds looking for a high energy, quick fix, snack. Song birds especially seem to snap these up almost as soon as they're made available and, before you know it, they're all gone - consumed in a flurry of beaks and feathers! (Or so it would seem).


So, with that in mind and, after some extensive searching and negotiations with trade suppliers; we can now offer these wonderful treats to you at much better value!
For example - 
800g are now 1kg
1.6kg are now 2kg
3.2kg are now 4kg
...etc.
We have kept the same great value for money, but increased the quantity you get in each pack. The bigger the quantity you buy, the better the value, too! 
Remember, we only supply the very best quality suet pellets for your feathered friends!

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SPECIAL OFFER ON 15KG SUNFLOWER HEARTS!

4/4/2014

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Sunflower Hearts Offer.15kg Hearts for only £18.00!
SPECIAL OFFER - 15KG SUNFLOWER HEARTS.

Ok folks...because we've been so excited about our Redpoll visitation this morning, we're going to give our loyal (local) customers the opportunity to purchase 15KG SUNFLOWER HEARTS at an all time low price of:- 

£18.00!!! (Our usual price is - £21.00).



This comes with our FREE LOCAL DELIVERY SERVICE, so no need to struggle loading/unloading your heavy purchase!

TIME LIMITED OFFER.

Enter this code in the checkout section (Discount/Voucher) - 
SO-15SH 

http://www.galawildlife.co.uk/straight-foods.html

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Our unusual visitor (well, it is for our garden!).

4/4/2014

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RedpollRedpoll - a welcome visitor.
We had a more unusual visitor to our feeding station this morning - a beautiful Redpoll turned up to feed on our sunflower hearts! 

The redpoll is a small, rather dark coloured finch with a red crown. The adult has brown upper-parts with blackish streaking on its back and sides; underparts are buffish, blending into white on the belly area. The male sometimes shows a pink flushing on the breast during the spring/summer period.
The call is a 'chee-chee-chit.' The song is a distinctive, high-pitched purring trill, which can often be heard high-up whilst in flight above woodland. 
Once called just a redpoll; they are now broken down into mealy redpolls, lesser redpolls, and various other races that have made identification difficult (personally, I don't worry about it and just categorise them as redpolls!). 
Their population have fallen significantly in recent years, but indications are that they are recovering and once again may be a regular visitor to our gardens.

It's a lovely addition to any garden; so please keep your eyes peeled for this wonderful visitor, you may just be lucky enough to see one feeding from your bird feeders. Good luck!

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