Creating a Bird Friendly Garden

With a little effort you can transform your garden into a paradise for wild birds. Things to think about are accessories such as bird tables, bird baths and bird feeders, plants, food and providing shelter for birds and to keep away predators.

A well stocked bird table should be at the heart of a bird friendly garden. You can buy bird tables in many different designs so you should be able to find one to suit your garden. Traditionally, the tables of birdswere made of wood, but now they are in other materials such as metal, glass, plastic and even easier to clean and will last longer.

Make sure your bird table is set for a quiet place to avoid disturbing the birds when they feed and the site away from bushes and shrubs, where predators such as cats and squirrels may be hidden.

You can eat all types of birds on the tables, such as kitchen waste, such as animal fats, cheese, fruit, rice, bread and peanuts. You can also buyready-mix food for birds, some are designed for a particular species of birds to attract.

A bird feeder is a great addition or alternative to a table bird, especially if you do not have much space in your garden or just a balcony. Again, think about where your bird feeder so the birds can feed in peace and predators can not attack hanging.

You can buy bird seeds or feeds that keep the fat and is quite easy to learn them by filling an old plastic bottlewith melted fat mixed with seeds and other ingredients. Make a bird feeder is a great way for children involved and teach them about nature and the environment.

A bird bath will be much needed water for bathing and drinking and is particularly important in dry summer and winter, when the usual supply of the birds' water may be frozen. It 'important to your bird bath regularly to prevent accumulation of algae and parasites that can be harmfulbirds.

You should never use antifreeze or other additives to thaw the water in a bath of birds.

In recent years, improvements in the home have meant the loss of natural nesting sites such as holes in buildings especially in urban areas, a bird box will provide somewhere for birds to nest and shelter in winter. It may take several seasons for birds with a new hive for breeding in order to put it in the fall, so you have time to adjust.

You can buy differentNesting boxes for various species of birds, you might consider a special apartments sparrow "because they are one of the species of birds have decreased in recent years in the United Kingdom.

The plants not only fruit for birds, but attract insects that feed thrushes and blackbirds. Plant berry-bearing shrubs such as Rowan and holly and flowering plants such as sunflowers and thistle and allow long to steal to provide shelter.

If you have a problem with catshunting or killing of birds in your garden you can buy special cat deterrent in the form of ultrasonic devices, sprinklers, scented balls and caps.

To transform your garden into a mini-bird sanctuary you will do your part to help the local wildlife and get the pleasure of watching wild birds up close.

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