Dont forget to feed the birds this christmas

summerseeker

The birds are very hungry and cant find nothing to eat. I feed them left overs and all kinds of things.
I have a packet of meusli we dont like, so I put some of that in a bowl and added water to it. I then added chopped apple, some chopped fat and some left over tuna It looked Yucky but the birds loved it.
Tomorrow they are getting meusli, left over mincemeat and some left over sausage.
If you put it by the window you get a free nature program and you have done a good deed for the day:A

HotLegs

I hung out a bag of peanuts for them weeks ago and they haven't touched them.

hethmar

Mine got their usual seed mix plus a large cheese Id forgotten at the back of the fridge. Chopped up and thown under and around the hedging. Wrens especially like it.

And dont forget they still need water guys.

Maria81

What with the snow and all i've put two fat ball feeders in the coconut shells out instead of one, and i made one as well, they didnt like it at first but seem to have eaten it now, and a few other bits as well, they love it and i like to watch them too!

23rdspiral

i'm wary, and so are the birds, of next doors 2 cats (we have victorian open yards). but the birds looked hungry and were actually in the gardens for once! so by the hedge i put out bread, old cooking nuts we wont use, and the cut up rid of bacon and fat/rind of a Mr Ms gammon hock. There are more birds than i've ever seen in the garden! (5!) and the cats are hiding in doors!

ragz_2

My husband came back from posting cards yesterday with a pack of Fat balls from the shop down the road so the birds can have a Christmas morning treat. Bless him, he's usually such a scrooge!

surfsister

I have spoilt my birds this christmas with 6 fat balls in a wire holder, a large metal holder full of nuts and bird seed too!! Alos the cat has been marooned indot for over a week so the birds are tap dancng all over the window sill!

Happy Christmas one and all.

nmm

We have loads of birds daily in our garden, they get fruit and seed, we even have names for some of them :rotfl: No matter what the weather is they get fed, we love our little birdies

Dollardog

I regularly put out food for the birds too, all sorts of things, muesli, cheese, dried fruit etc. I have some rice I want to get rid of, don't use it. Is it best to give it to them as it is or is it better cooked, does anyone know please?

nmm

Taken from RSPB website

Cooked rice, brown or white (without salt added) is beneficial and readily accepted by all species during severe winter weather. Uncooked rice may be eaten by birds such as pigeons, doves and pheasants but is less likely to attract other species.

ghanagirl

remember to soak nuts and rice in water first as they may swell inside small birds and kill them.