Wild Bird Food Suppliers

Wild Bird Food Suppliers

by

Gareth Hoyle

Many people enjoy feeding birds in their gardens. Wild bird food suppliers can provide you with all the nutritious food you need to keep the birds in your garden happy.

Britain has a rich variety of birdlife. However with growing urbanisation many important habitats are slowly being lost. You can do your bit to help maintain this fragile population by leaving out food for the birds in your garden.

Food Supplies

You may have many different types of birds visiting your garden. It is important you find out what sort of food they eat to encourage them to return. Wild bird food suppliers can offer a great range of different foods to attract bird from nuts and seeds through to live insects and worms. This can provide a real feast for your garden visitors and keep them nourished during the leaner months.

Live Foods

Many people get a bit squeamish when it comes to buying live food from wild bird food suppliers. However live foods are highly nutritious and provide an essential supplement to the food birds can find in your garden. This is important during the breeding season when birds need as much food as possible to rear healthy young. Here are just some of the live foods you can source from wild bird food suppliers:

Mealworms – these are the larvae of the Flour Beetle, which is native to the British Isles. These are easy to buy and keep and attract many insect-eating birds such as robins, blue tits, wagtails, wrens and blackbirds. Insects can be difficult to find in the colder months so by providing this source of fat and protein in your garden you can help support birds through the winter. Mealworms are a natural food and because they are live you do need to check they are fresh before you set them out. Pour a handful out onto a clean dish and pick out any dead or discoloured ones. These can carry bacteria that can be harmful to small birds.

Waxworms – these are a slightly more expensive option than mealworms but very nutritious. Like mealworms they will attract all kinds of insect-eating birds. Make sure you only put out live worms. Check through each dish before you set it out and remove the dead or discoloured ones. Both waxworms and mealworms should keep for around 2 weeks if you store them carefully.

Live foods from wild bird food suppliers will have a limited storage life. Make sure you check how to store them and how long they will last for. Only buy as many as you need otherwise you will just end up throwing them away. Live foods such as mealworms and waxworms are odourless and clean so should be fairly easy to look after. Just store them in a clean container away from food.

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