The prolonged winter weather will continue to pose a significant threat to wild birds as they struggle to find a decent meal. This has led to a huge number of calls from concerned members of the public wanting to know what’s best to feed them. Ideally, we recommend feeding twice daily If possible, in the morning and early afternoon. Birds require high energy foods during the cold to help them survive the frosty nights and maintain their energy reserves.
Fruit is high on the menu at the moment, as well as premium seed mixes and pure suet and lard. Avoid using fats left over from cooking meats as they are to soft and form ideal breeding grounds for food poisoning bacteria.
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i also think that giving flesh water daily is as importance as food and with most water frozen they would find it very hard to get clean drinking water...If a bird bath is frozen then a kettle of hot water will soon melt it...
i also like to get my birds in my garden a good surpply of oats, seeds, fats, mealworms as well as apples(old) and left over christmas cake...
the one thing to remember is to feed right though the winter as birds will waste energy fly to feeders they know of every day looking for a meal... if the food is stopped then that wasted energy could mean the diff between living and dieing.............
dont just look enjoy and leave for others to share after you. we dont own the earth we just rent a small part of it....
LOL, it was , I made in October and fed it several times aferwards, with a tablespoon of nice malt. Delish
Nikki, what kind of bacon do you use? Just a quick word of warning that cured bacon is quite high in salt, and so it is always best to use only uncured, unsalted bacon. Don't feel you have to cook it. It is OK to give it to the birds uncooked as well - chopped up small and in small quantities at a time so it gets eaten by the intended recipients before the neighbourhood cats find it.