General Chat

Snowed in up inthe Highlands...........The birds are starving..........Have already fed them twice this morning...........Is this boring and not worthy of a thread.........

Sandra. My mum treats the birds like her family and is always out in the garden feeding them,, she now has a Robin that will take it out of her hand.. And I've just put some out.... and don't forget the water.. Pat

No Sandra, this is not at all boring. I am off now to put some fat balls out on the patio. Thanks for the reminder:-) BC XX

Certainly worthy of posting. Our birds are fed with seed ,nuts and coconut. Everyone should try and feed the birds particularly in the winter months. Rupert

It would be cruel to feed the birds in our garden, like fattening them up for our cats! Julie xxx

hi I am up at 5 a.m. every morning to feed the birds lol....I know I am a crazy woman but it is worth it when I see them all swoop in...I butter them bread and cut it into tiny pieces, I also give them wild bird seed and just lately since the weather is freezing I give them a fat ball.....the hardest part is trying to keep their water from freezing...any suggestions on that? Maggie

Not getting into an arguement Foxy......................Don't start.........

I love the bread buttering one...........I thought mine were pampered.........You are right they are not cat food........

Feed them daily but they get it at linchtime as Clicquot is always asleep upstairs by then so they don't become dinner!! xx

Sandra I live in Perth Western Australia and we have some beautiful birds here the Parrots especially are magnificent and so friendly. But the government here will not allow you to feed the wild birds and you can get heavily fined if caught feeding them. I get lots in my garden and I am often tempted to feed them but my purse can't afford a fine lol. I feel so sorry for them sometimes. For those that are allowed to feed the birds please do they make our life so pleasant when they whistle and sing in our gardens. MMMMM all except that darn crow that wakes me every morning lol Regards Jackie

Gosh, I didn't know that! I hope they don't ban it here! I am feeding dozens of them..............from robins to Herons.........

i always throw out bread that we dont need anymore, like if its been in the cupboard a few days...is it ok giving that to them?? xx

I love watching the birds in the morning - I feed the ones here on Alpen Musli - they love it. Anyone remember suet (the small peices of animal fat used in cooking) they also love that and its really good for them at this time of year - just make sure to mix it in with something else like nuts or bread (over weight birds cant fly!!!)

Well worth a thread---just been out down the river on my bike and fed the duck's and swan's with proper duck and swan ffod and bread---they were hungry too. We alway's feed the bird's in the garden too.

I feed my birds every morning - they have half a packet of mixed fruit a day, plus fat balls and peanuts - they eat better than me :-) usually before I get to the back door they are already at the bird table :-) Steedie. Thats fine, although you may want to moisten it first as my birds are so picky they dont like dry bread :-) Karen

Robins love grated cheese.........

Steph, bread is Ok but as soon as the birds start nesting you should make sure the bread is soaked or it could choke the fledglings. The is something you can buy to put in bird water to stop it freezing. If the water is frozen don't try and melt it with hot water, it will freeze again quickly, use cold water to melt it (don't ask me why, not very good at science.) Actually our birds have all disappeared again, while we were away in Feb. We have several seed and fat feeders out and all we see are starlings and blackbirds. i guess the sparrow hawk has been menacing again. Ann Glos

Always feed the birds in our garden. Bird table full of crumbs,loads of hangers with seed,nuts,wildbird food. Have just been out to take ice of bird bath (again lol) and given them fresh water. Pat I would absolutely love to have a Robin taking food from my hand. My late Father had many different kinds of birds in his garden,especially Robin and Blue Tits. Jackie We were on holiday last year in Western Australia and it was magic having the Green Parrots (28s ? ) 'coming to breakfast' we had a lovely time. Did feed some cheeky Magpies at a golf course one day. Mau xx :o)

We love to see the birds in our garden. We have 5 hanging feeders with seed, peanuts and sunflowers seeds, plus the top of an old trestle sewing machine that acts as a bird table for scraps, apples that sort of thing. The garage roof gets all the old bread and more scraps. We even pour dregs of fat from cooking into a tub, adding crumbs of bread, cheese and anything else when clearing up after cooking - putting the whole thing out when it's full - very popular! lol We have been rewarded with the blue tits and long tailed tits bringing their family back this year to feed and the odd sparrow has now become quite a flock despite the magpies round here. Blackbirds, greenfinches, wagtails, robins all great fun to watch. We had one of our squirrels trying to work out how to get back up his tree from the garage roof with a whole slice of bread the other day. Hilarious. Definitely a bird service station here! Mags xx

nasty those sparrow hawks I don't feed the birds if it is around.Haven't seen it for weeks....didn't know about soaking the bread........Also no whole peanuts, always use a feeder....