Feathered Friends –
Feeding Tips
- Feed all year round to ensure nutritional requirements are fulfilled whilst breeding
and nesting
- Feed regularly, as once you start, birds quickly become dependant on you
- In severe weather feed twice daily morning and early afternoon
- Food should be available first thing in the morning as this is when birds replace
energy used overnight, particularly in cold weather
- Have several feeding sites around the garden, to prevent overcrowding
- Feeders should be in open spaces, so predators can be seen easily
- To attract a wide variety of birds, provide a range of feeders and feeds, asdifferent birds prefer different feeds and have different feeding habits
- Ensure fresh clean water for both drinking and bathing is always available
- Sunflower Seed, Black Sunflower
Move and clean feeders and water baths regularly
- During Autumn and Winter ensure high energy feeds are available e.g. peanuts
and fat balls in addition to a seed mixture
- During Spring and Summer ensure high protein feeds are available e.g. sunflower
hearts in addition to a seed mixture
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Feathered Friends – Feeding Guide
Bird |
Feed |
Feeding Method |
Robin |
seed mixture, sunflower hearts & seed, fat balls |
bird table, seed feeder & ground |
Blue Tit |
peanuts, seed mixture, sunflower hearts & seed, fat balls |
seed feeder & nut feeder |
Bullfinch |
seed mixture, sunflower hearts,
nyjer seed |
bird table & seed feeder |
Great Tit |
peanuts, seed mixture, sunflower hearts, fat balls |
bird table, seed feeder & nut feeder |
Coal Tit |
peanuts, seed mixture, sunflower hearts, fat balls |
seed feeder & nut feeder |
Chaffinch |
seed mixture, sunflower hearts, fat balls |
bird table, ground & seed feeder |
Greenfinch |
peanuts, seed mixture, sunflower hearts & seed, fat balls, nyjer seed |
bird table, seed feeder & nut feeder |
| Tree Sparrow |
seed mixture, sunflower hearts & seed |
bird table, seed feeder & ground |
House Sparrow |
peanuts, seed mixture, sunflower hearts |
bird table, nut feeder & ground |
Wren |
seed mixture, sunflower hearts |
ground |
Great Spotted Woodpecker |
peanuts, seed mixture |
nut feeder & seed feeder |
Blackbird |
seed mixture, sunflower hearts, fat balls |
bird table & ground |
Song Thrush |
seed mixture |
bird table & ground |
Siskin |
peanuts, seed mixture, sunflower hearts & seed, nyjer seed, fat balls |
seed feeder & nut feeder |
Nuthatch |
seed mixture, sunflower hearts & seed, fat balls |
seed feeder & nut feeder |
- Where seed mixture is mentioned in the above table, either wild bird seed mixture or premium
wild bird seed mixture can be fed, however the premium will attract more species and more
colourful birds e.g. finches and tits
- Once product is opened please store in an airtight container to maintain freshness
- No products in this range are suitable for human consumption
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