Winter can be a hard time for wild birds to survive, as food is more scarce for them compared to any other season of the year.
Which means our feathered-friends could do with our help. And what better time than helping our garden birds than February, as February is National Bird-Feeding Month. Thankfully, birds don't have to go without food this Winter, as there are plenty of ways to help garden birds through the Winter.
There's a wide variety of bird foods that you can buy online for your garden birds. For example, the RSPB has a wide variety of bird foods that you can choose from and you can also buy beautiful bird food bundles from them.
There are some foods which can help garden birds better than other foods can. So let's look at the top five foods to feed your garden birds this February!
#1 Suet Coconuts
Birds go absolutely crazy for suet coconuts; they love them!
You will attract a variety of different bird species to your garden by providing the birds with suet coconuts, these coconuts attract different types of birds: like Starlings and Blue Tits. Not only do birds love suet coconuts, it also provides birds with energy to help them get through the Winter, which is why suet coconuts are a great food to feed your garden birds this February.
#2 Suet Balls
Another way to provide suet to garden birds this February, is, by providing your garden birds with suet balls (also known as fat balls).
Suet fat balls are another great way to help birds this Winter because they also provide birds with energy to help them get through the cold Winter months. Suet fat balls also provide garden birds with essential nutrients.
You will also attract a range of different bird species into your garden by providing the birds with suet fat balls. Lots of different species of birds like to eat suet fat balls, including: Great Tits, Blackbirds and House Sparrows!
#3 Bird Food Winter Mix
Another great way to help birds this February, by providing them food, is by providing them a delicious Winter mix!
Peckish has their own Winter mix for garden birds. It's called the 'Peckish Winter Warmer' garden bird mix, and it's excellent for garden birds as it provides them with an 'extra energy seed mix'.
This mix is not just great for helping birds to survive the Winter, it's also great for attracting birds into your garden - such as Robins!
#4 Fruit
Speaking of Robins, one of the best ways to feed Robins during the Winter is by providing them with fruit. Robins will also eat suet, seeds and other foods.
Robins aren't the only birds that you will attract into your garden and help during the Winter months if you put out fruit in your gardens. Lots of different bird species like to eat berries, such as Blackbirds and Magpies.
Foods like berries can help birds in Winter as it provides them with nutrients.
#5 Seeds & Nuts
Finally, a final way that you can help birds this February, is by providing them with seeds & nuts! Providing garden birds with seeds & nuts this Winter is a great way to help garden birds because peanuts provide garden birds with protein and they also provide them with fat.
It will also attract many different species of birds into your garden. Providing nuts or seeds on a feeder in your garden will attract birds like Chaffinches and House Sparrows into your garden. While providing seeds on the ground on a ground feeder will attract birds like Collared Doves and Wood pigeons!