With the typical less than sunny British summers, our wonderful wild birds can be in for a rough ride as certain natural food reserves can become scarce. To help care for your garden birds, here are a few hints and tips that will help your garden birds thrive over the summer months.
1. During the summer months, many wild birds moult and therefore require a high protein diet to keep them in good health through-out this season. Golden Feathers seed mix is a nutritious blend that will help you to provide that much needed energy boost, as this is high in protein. Other good foods to provide during summer include (but not limited to), pinhead oatmeal, soaked sultanas, raisins and currants, black sunflower seeds, live & dried mealworms, waxworms, mild grated cheese, mixes for insectivorous birds, good seed mixtures without loose peanuts and summer seed mixture. The advice is to avoid using bread, fat foods and peanuts at this time of year, as these can be harmful if birds feed them to their young. Home-made fatballs should also be avoided as these can go rotten in warmer weather and therefore be dangerous for wild birds to consume. Commercially produced fat bars are suitable for summer feeding but it is recommended that after three weeks the remains are thrown away.
2. Between April and September, adult birds will be searching for food for their fast-growing juveniles. It's important to care for young beaks by providing smaller mixes and ensuring that peanuts are always within a quality peanut feeder, so that they can be easily broken down.
3. During frequent down-pours in summer months, there's chance of an insect food shortage. Supplement the diet of your wild birds with some dried mealworms. Easy to store and use, they are irresistible to garden birds and are great for busy parents feeding their young.
4. Although summer is a key feeding time for wild birds, it's recommended by experts the British Trust for Ornithology that you continue supplementing the diet of your garden birds all year round to ensure they always have enough food.
5. In this warm and wet weather, disease can easily spread. To help alleviate this problem, FeedSafe feeders have an innovative antibacterial coating, preventing the build-up of microbes and germs for up to 10 years! Or to keep existing feeders, tables and feeding stations clean, it is recommend to regularly use a bird-safe hygiene spray.
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