Choosing Your Bird Foods

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Which bird food should you use?

Choosing the right bird food helps you support a wider range of garden birds. Different species have different preferences, so as a general rule, offering a variety of foods will attract more birds to your garden.

Some favourites are easy to spot: robins are especially fond of mealworms, goldfinches favour nyjer seed, and blue tits readily visit feeders filled with sunflower hearts. Providing a mix of foods allows birds to choose what suits them best.

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A simple guide to feeding garden birds

Garden birds can broadly be grouped by what they eat:

  • Seed eaters, such as sparrows and finches, prefer foods like sunflower seeds, cereals and kibbled peanuts.
  • Insect Eaters, including robins, are drawn to food containing mealworms and other insect-based ingredients.
  • Seed and insect eaters, such as blue tits, will happily take both.

The feeders you choose also play a role. Space, placement and the types of birds you’d like to attract can all influence which feeders work best. Whatever feeding method you use, avoid bird food supplied in plastic netting, as this can pose a risk to birds. If food does arrive in nets, always remove them before placing it outdoors.

To help you decide which foods suit which birds at different times of year, take a look at our Who eats what and when guide:

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