Bill Oddie's Really Wild Bird Food

It is time to start stocking up on the wild bird food again in readiness for the colder weather. I have to be honest and say that when the garden is filled with plants that are seeding I tend to leave the bird table empty and let them help themselves to the wonderful collection of free seeds that they can forage. We have quite a collection of feathered visitors and we like to make them welcome, if you stand outside early in the morning their song is spectacular. Like many we have one obstacle to overcome and that is the cats that also love to pay a visit, so the positioning of our bird table is very important. Our local garden centre stocks the Bill ...  Read the complete review

My children have always loved seeing birds in the garden and following our recent move to a house with a bigger garden, they have become a little more pro-active in their attempts to encourage different species. I must confess, I don't really know a great deal about birds and their year round nutritional requirements, so whilst shopping I was delighted to find a bag of Bill Oddie's Really Wild Bird Food, labelled as a good general mix ideal all year round. Perfect. That took the guesswork out of buying the right food for the right season. Best of all the 800g bag only cost £1 (in Poundland - where else?). Approved by the Birdcare Standards ...  Read the complete review

Garden birds fascinate me, and I have said before in other reviews it took a serious illness to make me stop and spend the time looking, rather than always rushing from A to B to appreciate them. I have made my garden over the years into a wildlife haven; the boundaries are marked by mature Morello cherry trees, which share their crimson fruit with myself and the eager beaks of hungry blackbirds. I have lilac trees in which baby birds can hide from predators, while sitting in the shelter of the foliage waiting for mum to bring home their latest treat. I have a nest box for baby great tits which I have placed on a sturdy trunk in full view of my lounge window, ...  Read the complete review