I often put kitchen scraps out for birds. In these days of recycling it seems a good thing to do.
Bacon Rind for Birds
- Should be cut into small pieces
- Popular with nearly all birds
- Can also attract magpies, gulls and other larger birds
Fruit for Birds
- Cut and sliced apples can be put out any time of the year
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Apples, pears and grapes are all popular fruit
Cooked Rice for Birds
- Avoid putting out hightly flavoured rice
- Rics is a favourite of house sparrows and starlings
Cooked Potato for Birds
- Potatoes are high in protein
- If putting out jacket potatoes many birds will peck at the soft potato and leave the hard skin
- Cooked potatoe is popular with many birds
Dry cheese for birds
- Protein rich food for birds
- Can be a life saver for some birds in bad weather
- At the moment it seems to be one of the favourite foods on my bird table
- I always put out grated cheese
Cake for Birds
- Cake is a good filler food and I put out a lot of crumbs and stale cake.
Bread for Birds
- Best to soak bread in water first
- Is a good filler food
Carrots for birds
Last year and this year I have put out grated, raw carrot on the bird table. It has always been eaten, but I don’t know which birds have eaten it.
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These are some of the kitchen scraps that birds will eat.
Have you anyspecial scraps you put out for birds?
- Popular with nearly all birds
- Can attract larger birds such as magpies, gulls