To print & pin on your notice board for reference:
The Garden Bird Feeding Year
Winter: November - March
Fat: all the fats that are so bad for humans - the fat you pour out of the roasting and the grill pans; also suet and lard. These are 'high energy' foods that help birds build up and maintain the reserves they need for the cold weather.
Seeds:
Peanuts
Black sunflower seeds
Sunflower hearts
Nyjer seeds
Millet
Flaked maize
Pinhead oatmeal
(Make up mixes of fat and seeds in small
ceramic dishes to put on the birdtable)
Bread
Cooked potatoes.
Cooked rice.
Currants, raisins and sultanas
Fruit - half eaten or bruised too.
Grated cheese.
Mealworms
Summer: April - October
High protein foods for while birds are mating, nest building,
incubating, feeding chicks and also moulting and
preparing to migrate:
Black sunflower seeds
Pinhead oatmeal
Water soaked currants, sultanas & raisins
Grated cheese
Mealworms
Waxworms
Fruit
Seed mixes without peanuts
Peanuts should only be fed in feeders with small mesh, so
birds cannot take whole nuts on which their young would
choke.
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Try to establish a feeding routine, your birds will learn when to come to the table
Remember to top up your bird bath, the water evaporates in hot weather
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