Feeding birds is a pastime many gardeners enjoy, encouraging feathered friends in the backyard. While the usual diet of seed mixes provides healthy nutrition for birds, you can also give them an ...

Bird feeding season is upon us now that October has come to an end. Does that mean your bird feeding station is going to be overrun with hungry birds? No, not yet, but there are several reasons to get ...

With fridges and cupboards often overflowing with food, particularly as Christmas approaches, gardeners are now being urged ...

It's the beginning of the end of the peak season for garden birds in September as sparrows, starlings, blackbirds, robins and many other British favourites see their young fly the nest and find food ...

Seeds and fat balls do more than just fill small birds' stomachs. New research from Lund University in Sweden shows that feeding during the wintertime causes birds to be healthier, since they do not ...

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Nearly 60 million Americans feed wild birds, according to the 2016 National Survey of Fishing, Hunting and Wildlife-Associated Recreation. They spend more than $4 billion per year on bird food and ...

Whilst summer may have drawn to a close, providing sustenance for avian visitors such as starlings, blackbirds, robins and numerous other beloved British species isn't merely a warm-weather pursuit.

The feeding of wild birds in domestic gardens is one of the most widespread and popular forms of human-wildlife interaction throughout the Western World. The increasing recognition of the benefits to ...

An American professor is studying the positive effects on humans of bird feeding after observing a family member’s strong attachment to the hobby. Ashley Dayer is an associate professor in the Fish ...

11:14, Wed, Dec 10, 2025 Updated: 11:15, Wed, Dec 10, 2025 Anyone with a bird table is being urged to put out kitchen scraps, such as grapes, this December for a very important reason. It’s always a ...