General Chat

It helps to soak the bread first if there is no water around, if they eat dry bread they will want water. Try mixing in sweet biscuit crumbs, chopped dry fruit, chopped apple/banana

Thankyou Ann

A Pheasant is strutting up the garden!

The plethora of birds now on my table, since I threw out the bread, is unbelievable. I was watching them as I washed the pots.
Julia in Derbyshire

There is a long running bird thread on gen if you want tips on what to feed them title 'do the birds know'

OH usually ,these last few mornings since we have been snowed up, throws some bread scraps onto the patio table for the birds. This morning, he has had to go out and pay a bill. But the birds, who by now have got used to this habit, have been gathering, it is as if they know. So, risking life and limb, I have been out and done it. They are now gathering enmass for a mammoth feed. Just bread helps, if you have not got the proper wild food feeders.
Just give it a go, every little helps
Julia in Derbyshire

i always feed the birds

they are now so fat
they cant get off the ground

Don't forget some fresh water too. Instead of the stone birdbath which is totally frozen, I am using a large plastic plantpot saucer, which I can knock out the overnight ice and replace with fresh water.

Birds now feeding on some mixed seed, niger seed, sunflower hearts, peanuts, sultanas and some leftovers from last night's dinner.

Elisabeth

Yesterday I had 2 Nut Hatches, Robins, Coal Tits, Great Tits, Blue Tits, Chaffinches, Black Birds, Sparrows, Starlings & a couple of Rooks, feeding from my picnic table

Please think of them during this cold spell

If you are not sure what they can have:
http://www.rspb.org.uk/advice/helpingbirds/feeding/whatfood/index.aspx