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Let them eat cake (bird cake that is!)

With the RSPB’s Big Garden
Birdwatch on 30th and 31st
January in mind, here are some
valuable tips to prepare your
garden for your visitors.
A bird’s body clock works on
daylight hours, so in the winter
months there are great
opportunities to view the birds
feeding at first light, which can
become a bit of a feeding frenzy.
It’s hard to believe but during
cold weather birds can lose up to
40 per cent of their weight
overnight just trying to keep
warm.
Food that’s high in energy is
fantastic for birds during winter - different seasons and different
peanuts, fat or suet based foods, parts of the country. So try
seed mixes that contain sunflower different types of food, and adapt All types of garden work undertaken
seeds or hearts, mealworms and to what works best in your Garden clearance, hedge cutting,
fruit will all go down well. You garden. tidying, grass cutting and much more
can also make your own fat balls It’s good to invest in quality
and cake mix using lard and suet feeders and roofed bird tables, For a free no obligation quote call
– a great rainy day activity with which will keep food dry and stop Andy Harris on:
the kids or grandkids! it going off. As a good start, try a
To make a bird cake place lard hanging plastic feeder containing Tel: 01485 544581
and suet at room temperature in a sunflower hearts for (mainly)
mixing bowl, add in uncooked finches, tits and sparrows and Mob: 0781 375 5572
porridge oats, mild grated cheese, hanging mesh feeder with
peanuts, sultanas, raisins and bird peanuts for (mainly) tits. 41 Saxon Way Dersingham PE31 6LY
seed. Mix it all together and roll Place the feeders out in the
into balls or use shallow dishes to open and high enough so they are
create bird cake. Put them in the out of reach of ground predators
fridge to set, and when they are like cats. But they need to be BORDOLI
solid place them outside. close enough to thick cover like BORDOLI
However remember not to feed bushes, so that small birds can
turkey fat to feed your birds as it’s beat a hasty retreat from aerial
too soft and can get into their predators such as sparrowhawks.
PIZZAS
feathers, which can cause Now your garden is all set up PIZZAS
problems. to receive your feathered guests.
Never put out loose peanuts, If you need more inspiration pay
dry, hard foods or large chunks of a visit to RSPB Titchwell Marsh MON: RIPPER HALL DOCKING
bread during the spring or nature reserve for bird feeders, TUES: INGOLDISTHORPE LAY-BY From
summer months. Parent birds birdfood and helpful staff and WEDS: HEACHAM SOCIAL CLUB 5pm
might take it back to their nests volunteers. FRI: OLD HUNSTANTON SOCIAL CLUB
and their young can choke on it. For more information visit
Different species of birds www.rspb.org.uk/titchwell or T: 07565 754812 E: bordoli99@gmail.com
prefer different foods, in the ring 01485 210779.

Lincoln Lodge

Residential Home for the Elderly
Offers 24 hour long term care, also respite care and day care.
You are welcome to pop in and see us at any time.

For more information and a brochure phone Sue on:
01485 535328

Alternatively you can speak to Brian Poore at Poppyfields on:
01485 544638

Lincoln Lodge, 2 Lincoln Square, Hunstanton