| Lots f people help the birds by throwing out | | | | out on a bird table or lawn for the birds to |
| stale bread for them to eat. Although this | | | | peck at. |
| does elevate the birds hunger, bread isn't a | | | | |
| very nutritious food source. | | | | It's just as important the water is left out |
| | | | as well as food. In the winter, water turns |
| Most garden bird's staple diet is usually, | | | | to ice and the birds do not have access to |
| fruit and berries, nuts and seeds, insects, | | | | drinking water. Leave a dish with fresh water |
| worms and grubs, Very tasty. | | | | in it out in your garden for the birds, and |
| | | | check it on really cold mornings to make sure |
| To really help the bird out this winter you | | | | it hasn't turned to ice. |
| could string p some monkey nuts. Buy some | | | | |
| peanuts in their shells and thread a sharp | | | | Some of the UK's bird population are becoming |
| wool needle with a length of wool with a knot | | | | endangered, this means that their population |
| in the end of it. Push the needle through the | | | | numbers are falling. Organisations like the |
| middle of the peanut shell and out of the | | | | RSPB do valuable work to protect and monitor |
| other side, it's a bit like threading beads. | | | | endangered breeds of bird. You could monitor |
| Thread on more monkey nuts in this way until | | | | the birds yourself during the winter months, |
| the wool is almost full. Unthread the needle, | | | | spend an hour each day for a week recording |
| make a loop in the wool that is left and tie | | | | all the birds that visit your garden or |
| a knot to keep the nuts and the loop in | | | | bird-table. Bird watching is also known as |
| place. Use the loop to hang the nuts from the | | | | twitching. |
| bird-table or tree. | | | | |
| | | | There is a chart on the website, a list of UK |
| You could also make a tasty bird-cake... | | | | winter birds that you may see. Each bird has |
| | | | an illustration to help you to identify which |
| Add to a bowl some chopped up bacon rind, | | | | breed it is, and there is some information |
| leftover chicken bits from Sunday dinner, a | | | | about each birds preferred habitat. Some |
| few peanuts, a few raisins and frozen peas, | | | | birds are residents of the UK, which means |
| some shelled sunflower seeds if you have any, | | | | they like here all year round, others just |
| some diced apple and a couple of heaped table | | | | visit for the winter. |
| spoons of flour and mix well. Add some water | | | | |
| and mix to create dough. | | | | Some birds on the list are endangered, so |
| | | | some of the birds are rarer than others; but |
| Mould into a ball shape and leave it over | | | | you may be lucky enough to catch a glimpse of |
| night on the kitchen windowsill to dry. By | | | | them. Maybe you could tempt them into your |
| morning it will be hard and ready to leave | | | | garden with a bit of tasty bird-cake. |