Some simple advice on bird feeding
To print & pin on your notice board for reference:
The Garden Bird Feeding Year
Winter: November - March
Fat:
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Suet and lard. Fat is 'high energy' food which helps birds build up and maintain the reserves they need for the cold weather
Seeds:
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Peanuts
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Black sunflower seeds
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Sunflower hearts
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Nyjer seeds
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Millet
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Flaked maize
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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:
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Black sunflower seeds
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Pinhead oatmeal
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Water soaked currants, sultanas & raisins
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Grated cheese
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Mealworms
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Waxworms
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Fruit
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Seed mixes without peanuts - Peanuts should only be fed in feeders with small mesh or as granules, so birds cannot take whole nuts on which their young would choke.
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 windy and warm weather
as well as when it is hot.
For more detailed information, please click on this link to the RSPB website
for comprehensive advice on what it is safe to feed birds.
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