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Bird Feeders - How To Feed Wild Birds In Your Garden
 

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Bird Feeders

You can feed birds from a hanging feeder, on a bird table or by providing food on the ground - the method you choose depends on what birds you want to attract.

Perspex seed feeders attract Finches and Tits. Mesh feeders are popular with Nuthatches , Tits and even Great Spotted Woodpeckers. Old teasel heads stuck into the ground and filled with nyjer seed are popular with Finches, while Robins , Blackbirds and Starlings prefer to feed on the ground.

 

  

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If cats are about , a bird table is a must and the best type to use are single poled tables as cats will find then harder if impossible to get onto especially if they are fitted with a plate up the pole to stop cats and squirrels climbing the pole.

  

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Put feeders where birds have all round vision and can easily hop on and off, but away from low cover where cats might hide. If you don't have a garden , try hanging a feeder on an outside wall.

Peanuts may attract Tits, House Sparrows, Nuthatches and Great Spotted Woodpeckers, Most Birds will eat seeds  , try a selection of seed as these will appeal to different birds , Sunflower seeds attract a wide range of species much loved by Finches and Tits, Nyjer seed is favourite of the Goldfinch. Fat cakes gives birds ,such as Wrens and Blue Tits , a great energy boost in winter. Live food such as meal worms are excellent for Robins and Tits ,especially during the breeding season when most small birds feed their young on soft food such as caterpillars and larvae , this can be the difference of a brood surviving  as the parent birds spend so much energy during this time hunting for food to feed their young. Leave autumn windfall fruits on the ground for Blackbirds and Thrushes.

Feeding helps garden birds throughout the year , but especially in winter and during the breeding season.

  
 
 
   

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