Feeding Garden Birds in Winter               
Have some birds disappeared from your garden? By following a few simple guidelines we
can play a valuable role in helping our birds survive winter.
Different birds like different food.
For example
Sparrows, finches and collared doves like small seed like millet
Blackbirds like flaked maize
Tits and green finches like peanuts and sunflower seeds (whole peanuts are suitable for
winter feeding only)
Black sunflower seeds are an excellent all-year round food
Fat balls are excellent winter food (remove nylon mesh bag as it can trap and injure birds)
Avoid…..
Seed mixtures that have split peas, beans, dried rice or lentils
Mixtures with pink or green lumps – these are dog biscuits! and can only be eaten when soaked
Provide…
A regular supply of clean water for drinking and bathing particularly in winter when natural supplies may be frozen
Clean…
Your bird bath and feeding table regularly to avoid diseases

For more information go to the website of the Royal Society for the Protection of Birds