
How to provide bushes for nesting birds
In the spring, birds choose the best locations to build nests, so why not offer them a safe place to settle?
Find out how to attract birds into your garden all year round.
Attracting birds to your garden is easy: supplement naturally available food with bird food, and watch them flock in! Remember to keep feeders clean, so the birds stay healthy and disease-free, and position your feeders in a relatively open area away from predators - the birds will feel safer and visit more!
Make sure food is available at all times as birds have different needs throughout the year, such as feeding young
Get started with our instructions below!
Remember!
Water is as important as food to most garden birds, and not just for drinking but bathing as well. So put out a bird bath along with your feeders, and always ensure the water is kept clean.
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