The winter is often the most difficult time for wild animals, as it is colder and more difficult for wildlife to find food during the winter.
Therefore, providing wildlife with food during the winter, can help them survive the winter months and reach the spring. Birds are the most common wild animals that come into all of our gardens, providing them with the right food can help birds survive the winter.
Providing them with a source of water can also help birds survive the winter. Water often freezes over in the winter, so new water might have to be put out frequently for birds in your birdbath or bird bowl. Water is also a good way to help birds survive the winter, as water is essential for their survival and the survival of other wildlife.
Food is also essential for the survival of wildlife during this time of year: including birds. There are some types of bird foods that can be really helpful for birds.
The Best Types Of Food For Birds In Winter
Fat Balls
One of the best types of foods that you can provide for birds in the winter is fat balls. Fat balls can help birds throughout the winter because the fat balls provide the birds with energy. Birds need a lot of energy to survive, so providing them with fat balls and other types of suet are a great way to help birds during winter.
Suet
Suet is in fat balls, but there are also other ways that you can give suet to birds. You can also provide birds with suet coconut shells, suet nibbles and suet cakes - birds love these foods in the garden, and, they will help them survive the winter.
Bird Seeds
Bird seeds are another great way to help birds get through the winter. Bird seeds can help feed many different species of birds in the gardens. Some birds are ground feeders, and other birds will eat off of feeders. A good way to help ground birds is by providing a ground bird feeder.
Winter Mix
Another way to help birds in winter, is by providing them a winter mix. Peckish has its own winter warmer seed mix to help birds in the winter - it could be a good option to help the birds, as it seems to be a specially made mix for winter.
Leftovers
Leftovers from your meals and kitchen are another great way to help birds during the winter. It is also a good way to help stop wasting food, as, instead of wasting food, you will be helping wildlife survive the winter.
Fruits
Fruits are another great way to help birds survive the winter. Fruits like berries and apples will help a variety of different bird species survive the winter, including Blackbirds and Robins. It's also a treat for birds during this time of year, as they won't be able to come across fruits in the wild as they would do in summer.
Nuts
Finally, another great way to help them is by providing them with nuts in the garden. Nuts are a favorite for many different species of birds - including Robins, which is a garden favorite! Robins tend to eat from the ground though, so a ground feeder with things like nuts on it can help wildlife like Robins. Other species of birds - like Blue Tits - prefer eating from feeders that are high off the ground.
When giving birds nuts, it's best to provide them with nuts that are specially made for wildlife like birds; avoid using salted nuts and dry roasted nuts for birds.
Helping The Birds This Winter
Providing food for the birds in your garden is a great way to help garden birds this winter. There are many different types of food that you can choose from to feed the birds. Providing them with food will help give the birds the energy they need to survive the winter over the coming months.
There are other ways too that you can help the birds this winter. Some other ways that you can help the birds this winter are by providing them with a source of water - such as providing the birds with a birdbath - and providing them shelter. You can provide the birds shelter by putting a bird nest in your garden.
You can also help the birds this winter by taking part in the Big Garden Birdwatch 2021, which will happen in January next year.
Helping the birds in your garden not only helps them, but it also provides great entertainment for you, as it's a joy to watch birds in the garden from your window.
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