Help and Advice
Songbirds Are Friends Not Food
3 simple steps to help birds:
#FriendsNotFood
FOOD
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Feed birds seed mixes, niger/nyger seeds, mealworms, fruits and peanuts.
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Do NOT feed birds bread, milk, desiccated coconut or any salty foods
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Clean your feeders and birdbaths regularly to stop the spread of disease
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HABITAT
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Delay hedge cutting until after September at the end of nesting season to avoid disturbing songbirds
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Plant insect-attracting plants, seeding plants and native plants so native wildlife flourishes. NB Birds must feed their chicks insects, not seeds or nuts.
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Avoid chemical pesticide or herbicides, as they can be DEADLY to songbirds
#FindOurFriends
PREDATION
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Position bird feeders up high or on branches that are out of the reach of cats!
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If you own a cat:-
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- Feed it a premium, meat protein rich diet*, which has been shown to reduce cat’s hunting by 36%. (*Rather than soya-based or economy food)
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- Play with it for 5-10 minutes a day, which has been shown to reduce cat’s hunting by 25%.
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- Fit it with a birdsbesafe cat collar cuff, proven to reduce the amount of birds brought home by 42%.
#What3Birds
SUSAN MORGAN, CEO OF SONGBIRD SURVIVAL
“Our what3birds? campaign is focussed on education, but its ultimate goal is to keep a rich and diverse dawn chorus alive. Few people realise that UK songbirds have fallen 50% in just two generations - 50 years! Yet the public can help stem this tide of extinction by finding out more, taking simple steps to support local songbirds, and putting pressure on policy makers to make songbird survival a priority.”
