Garden Birdwatch

This year we have joined the British Trust for Ornithology (BTO) Garden Birdwatch project. The information pack arrived this week, so we are starting to record the birds visiting our feeders each day over breakfast. Excellent relaxation before heading off to work. On the first day I counted 10 different species. We have been providing regular food for the birds over the past couple of years, so we have established a good number of regulars. Now we are trying to increase the number of species we attract by providing a wider variety of food.

Currently we provide water via a bird bath and a pond, seed mix enriched with extra sunflower seeds, peanuts, nyger seed and fat cakes (home made containing mixed fruit and crushed peanuts). We are planning to provide regular live food this year after trials with some meal worms last Spring. We estabished a breeding colony of meal worms over the Winter, and they are nearly big enough now to be put out for the birds. I should mention Robyn's Mealworm Page where I found the information I was looking for on how to breed mealworms.