There are no cheap or quick ways to get instant height into your garden though which is, I concluded the way to increase the bird visiotrs to the garden. to give them some height, somehwere to perch and feel safe. there are sevreal shrubs and grasses to provide height more quickly but the problem with starting a garden from scratch is that everything takes a such a frustratingly long time to grow. so to complement my Prunus purchase I have gone very cliche and purchased 3 Betula utilis ‘jaquemontii’ they are 10-12cm girth so they have pure white stems already and I intend to keep them very well pruned so they provide shelter and cover for the birds but do not completely block out next doors light and do not overtake the whole of the borders. more on the pruning of them in the weeks to come. for now, bring on the Big Garden Bird count this wekend and I hope the investment pays off. To add to my wildlife credentials I have also been planting a hedge on the edge of the drive at the front. A mixture of Acer campestre and Viburnum opulus which should look stunning in the autumn and again eventually create some good bird habitat. hopefully this will counteract some of my gulit at buying such big non native trees.