Remember that many soft-bodied animals feed on decaying vegetable matter, so a very tidy garden is likely to support fewer potential Robin breakfasts! Simple measures such as having a compost heap, allowing an area of the lawn to grow a bit longer, having a couple of log piles and, above all, reducing the use of pesticides will all help. This doesn’t mean that you have to turn your garden into a wilderness. The other way we can help is by increasing the numbers of invertebrates that are naturally present in our gardens. In common with our earthworms they are easy to store, an excellent source of animal protein, and are supplied in containers that make handling them unnecessary. Mealworms and waxworms are not slimy, nor are they maggots. The most obvious is by providing mealworms, waxworms or earthworms, ideally at the same time every day so that the birds grow accustomed to them. There are two ways in which we can increase the amount of live food available in our gardens. Our wide variety of seed mixes has managed to attract over 80 different species of birds to people’s gardens, but it is worth remembering that there are some species that prefer to eat insects, and that some birds, such as the rapidly declining House Sparrow, need insects for their young to develop properly.
Live foods will also be appreciated by insectivorous birds such as Wrens, Dunnocks, wagtails and tits.
So if you provide a reliable source of food near to a nest or Nest Box this will help parent birds provide fresh, nutritious protein-rich food to their young, thus helping them raise a healthy brood. Finding Live Food can become difficult as the season progresses and competition for natural resources increases.
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