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As you know I am very keen on nature and introducing my son to all things animal-related – including birds. We have very mature trees just beyond our garden fence and we spend a lot of time watching our feathered friends.
Sadly my much-loved wooden bird table hasn’t made it through this summer, it finally fell apart. I’d had it for many years, it had seen me through 3 house moves and a divorce! So it had served me and my feathered friends well. At the moment I don’t have the spare funds to buy a new table so am just using a feeder pole and various feeders to try to attract the birds into the garden.
I love birdsong, especially in the Spring when you can hear the young in the nest calling their parents for food. I can spot a blackbird and blue tit’s call, not so great with others.
So what kinds of bird food can you use to attract birds into your garden? You can see some different seed mixes available here that will help try to attract a range of birds.
Birdseed mixes containing millet will be helpful in attracting doves as well as sparrows. We regularly see Collared Doves in our garden. Mixes contained cracked corn will also help attract Blackbirds, as will raisins scattered on the grass.
Why not try peanuts to encourage a variety of Tits, Dunnocks and if you are really lucky, the odd Woodpecker.
I regularly buy bird seed mixes and suet balls to keep our bird neighbours happy and we’re going to be making our own bird feeder and some bird cake soon to try to attract some more birds into our garden.
Will have a look at the other websites you’ve mentioned 🙂
lovely post – thanks. I’ve looked a bit more into beginner bits and pieces and found this need-to-know wild bird guide which offer bite-size bit of info about which seeds attract whice birds/song etc
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http://www.wildbirdfeeders.co.uk/all-about-birds
Thanks for this info 🙂
I have seen sparrows severally in my backyard, and have always wondered what to do to keep them coming back. I will introduce sunflower seeds and hope that the Greenfinches will come along as well. What a way to do bird-watching!