CJ Wildlife Winter Bird Food Peanut Butter Wild Berries

Peanut food from the jar

• Food supplement for wild birds
• High in calories and nutritious
• With wild berries
• Only recommended for feeding in winter due to the high fat content
• Without added salt
• Developed with ornithologists and nature conservation organisations

For garden birds, peanut butter can be a welcome food supplement during the cold winter months. After all, peanuts are very high in calories and nutritious. However, peanut butter for human consumption is very salty and therefore unsuitable for birds. Garden Bird Peanut Butter is a healthy alternative: same nutritional value, but no salt.

Wild bird feeding

Why does it make sense to offer food to wild birds? We humans have changed our environment. Natural habitats for native animals have become scarce. As a result, there is not enough natural food available. Today, hedges, shrubs and old trees are often trimmed for decorative purposes or removed altogether. There is a lack of plant and insect diversity, which is vital for birds. In addition, the natural flora in many domestic gardens has been replaced by exotic ornamental plants. Native wild flowers and herbs that could feed birds are regarded as weeds and meticulously removed from lawns and colourful flowerbeds. When the rare natural food sources become even scarcer towards the end of the summer and the first cold nights arrive in autumn, our feathered friends find it particularly difficult to meet their energy requirements without appropriate help. Feeding certainly makes a valuable contribution to the conservation of our native songbirds. However, maintaining a natural environment and creating nesting opportunities are just as important. Garden design that is as close to nature as possible, e.g. with hedges and shrubs, helps our birds all year round.

Recommendation for offering food

Place food in such a way that it does not get wet or icy. A feeding house protects the food from rain and moisture. There should be trees and bushes near the feeding station to provide shelter in case of danger. The feeding station should be elevated. A radius of two metres should be manageable so that predators such as cats cannot ambush the birds. The birds should not be able to sit in the food. Fouling with faeces must be avoided as far as possible. Remove any soiling with hot water. Hang up tit dumplings protected from the rain. The dumplings are popular with tits and siskins because they are not driven away by the stronger bird species.