BirdWatch 2024 Planning

Preparation Is Everything
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"OK," said Scary. "Tell us what we need to do."

Teddy opened his RSPB pack. First of all, they would have to make sure that the bird feeders set up in their garden would be full of all the things that birds like to eat before the Bird Watch started. The bears usually top up the peanuts, niger seeds, sunflower hearts, suet balls and their usual birdseed mix.

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Ready To Fill The Feeders

If you want to join in but don't have any feeders already, you can usually find some scraps from the kitchen that the birds will like. Throw grated cheese (not blue or strong cheese please), which is a good source of energy and protein, out onto the grass for birds like robins, dunnocks and blackbirds. Put it under garden hedges for wrens too. Cake, cooked potatoes, pastry, rice and pasta, dried porridge or sultanas can be put out on the grass too.

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