Best Bird Food for Winter: What to Put Out and What to Skip
If you want one answer: sunflower hearts. They’re taken by almost every UK garden bird, they’re high in oil and energy, and because the husk is already removed there’s no…
Small Brown Birds in Your Garden: How to Tell Them Apart
Most small brown garden birds separate out on bill shape and behaviour, not colour. A thick conical bill in a noisy group is a house sparrow; a thin bill and…
Sick Birds at Your Feeder: Spotting Trichomonosis and What to Do
If you’ve found a bird in your garden that looks unwell — fluffed up, lethargic, struggling to swallow — this page explains what you’re probably looking at and what to…
How to Clean a Bird Feeder — and Why It Now Matters More
Clean your bird feeders at least once a week. Hot soapy water, then a non-toxic disinfectant, rinse thoroughly, dry completely before refilling — and then move the feeder to a…
What Do Robins Eat? Feeding Britain’s Favourite Garden Bird
Robins eat insects, worms, spiders and other invertebrates for most of the year, switching to berries, fruit and seeds when insects are scarce in winter. If you want to feed…
Types of Bird Feeder: Which One Should You Actually Buy?
Buying a bird feeder used to be simple. It isn’t quite so simple now, because the advice changed in 2026 and several popular types are no longer recommended. This guide…
Why Have the Birds Stopped Coming to My Feeder?
You’ve filled the feeder, you’ve waited, and nothing. Or worse — the birds were there last month and now they’re not. It’s a genuinely common problem with a manageable list…
Common Garden Birds in the UK: How to Identify Your Visitors
The twelve birds you’re most likely to see in a UK garden are the house sparrow, blue tit, starling, woodpigeon, blackbird, great tit, robin, goldfinch, magpie, long-tailed tit, chaffinch and…
When to Feed Garden Birds: The New UK Guidance Explained
If you only read one paragraph: from 1 November to 30 April, you can offer garden birds the full range of foods, including seeds and peanuts. From 1 May to…