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Time to start feeding the birds

Monday, October 4th, 2010

Bird feeding offers at Jersey Plants Direct! Feeding the birds is a simple hobby that is rewarded by you seeing lots of unusual birds appear in your garden! It’s wonderful to feed them each day and they’ll keep coming back. You’ll get a variety of birds in your garden when you start feeding them and you can put certain foods out for different birds.
If you have robins come in then dried meal worms are their favourites! They are quite beautiful to watch and they’ll often come and watch you when you’re digging in the garden too. They’ll keep their eye out for any worms they can spot!
Blackbirds will come and have a stamp about on your lawn for insects as well as eating any food that you put down on the ground. They don’t tend to use the bird table so it’s best to share a bit of food away from it for them.
I’ve put peanuts out in their shells before strung up and got jays appearing to eat them – this is like magic for some birds toy just put out a type of food and they’ll appear to eat it!
Most birds will love eating peanuts. They’re high in calories which makes it a good quality food for them. You do need to put it in a squirrel proof bird feeder though else squirrels will unhook, rip open and generally make a nuisance of themselves to get at the peanuts. They don’t eat them all either and will spend hours taking and burying them. It’s quite fun to watch though. You can get special types of nut feeder to stop the squirrels from stealing them.
Sparrows will adapt and use a bird feeder if there’s no seed on the ground. They are quite acrobatic and it’s fun to watch them compete with the various types of tit in the garden for seed. Coal tits are the tiny ones that have a black and white stripe on, the blue tits are blue and the biggest ones are the great tits! You should get a bird book if you want to get good at spotting birds!
Always make sure there is water available for them even if it’s only a small container. It’s best that it’s shallow so they can bath in it. This is fun to watch too and the birds all love having a water bath! In the middle of summer you’ll also spot them having a dust bath but by autumn the soil is too wet! They need to bath and preen to keep their flight feathers in good order and to keep themselves warm. Feeding and watering the birds should become a daily ritual as they get used to coming in for food.
Some people wait until it’s cold to feed the birds but you can start now and feed all year round. The birds will eat less in the summer months when their natural food supply is higher but the extra boost means they can do better and this will help the general population of birds in your area.

0.5KG Choice Dried Mealworms
0.5KG Choice Dried Mealworms £18.99
Reward the birds in your garden with the 0.5kg Choice Dried Mealworms. Mealworms are a great treat especially for smaller birds. They are full of protein which is particularly valuable during the breeding and fledging periods. They can be offered on their own or added to a seed mixture.Use all year round on a bird table or the ground.Good for Smaller birds such as Robins Wrens and Dunnocks.Ingredients are Dried Mealworms.Despatched within 10 days of receipt of order.Introductory offer is valid until the 22nd April.

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Feed the birds with Jersey Plants Direct bird feed offers

Tuesday, August 31st, 2010

Jersey Plants Direct have lots of great ways to help you feed the birds for less. Our gardens need birds and it’s our job to ensure we do as much as possible to support them. They should have a bird bath available of clean water and ensure it’s topped up regularly. You’ll get all sorts of birds stopping by for a bath from the humble sparrow to blackbirds and even the odd jay!

By putting out the right food for birds you ensure they can survive the winter! Especially important if we’re to have another cold winter like last year! If it snows then the birds find it hard to get at their normal food and if it’s frozen the worms are out of the blackbird’s reach!
Take care of your feathered friends!

4kg Choice Sunflower Hearts
4kg Choice Sunflower Hearts £12.99
Reward the birds in your garden with the 4kg Choice Sunflower Hearts. These Sunflower Hearts are packed with nutrition and make a great change for your garden birds. Husk free so no mess.Use all year round in seed feeder.Good for Almost all garden birds.Ingredients are Sunflower Hearts.This product is perfect with the Choice All Seasons Seed Feeder.We also sell this pack in 12.75kg.Despatched within 10 days of receipt of order.Introductory offer is valid until the 22nd April.

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