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Should You Feed Birds Every Day? A Complete Guide on Feeding Birds
At Kennedy Wild Bird Food, we believe that understanding how to care for garden birds is as important as providing the best food for birds. A common question we hear is: Can you feed birds every day? And if so, how often do you feed birds to keep them healthy and supported throughout the year?
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14th Jun 2024
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15th Dec 2025
Top 11 Yellow Birds in Britain and the UK to Attract in Your Garden
Yellow birds bring a splash of colour and cheer to any garden. Observing these birds can be both relaxing and educational, and with the right approach, you can encourage them to visit regularly. From small finches to striking warblers, this guide explores the top yellow birds UK gardeners love, with practical advice on spotting and attracting them.
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14th Jun 2024
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15th Dec 2025
How Sunflower Seeds Can Improve Your Bird's Health
Birds are quite attracted towards sunflower seeds, but have you ever wondered about sunflower seeds' benefits for birds? Beyond their appeal as a tasty treat, sunflower seeds are actually packed with nutrients that can significantly improve your bird's health. They can boost your bird's energy, strengthen their defences, and keep them looking their best.
Being a bird lover, if you need to know more about sunflower seeds and their associated perks, read the discussion below r
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14th Jun 2024
The Ultimate Guide to Feeding Peanuts to Birds: Benefits and Considerations
Feeding Peanuts to birds is a common practice due to their high nutritious value. Being an excellent natural food source, they contribute to birds' well-being and vitality while enabling them to endure long migrations during the cold weather. However, if you are struggling with the main question of how to feed peanuts to birds, then this guide will assist you by revealing the benefits, type of peanut assortments, considerations, and other factors.
So, keep reading to know more!
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16th May 2024
Signs of Overfeeding Fish: How to Spot and Prevent it
Do you know that fish are more likely to die from overfeeding than starvation?
One of the most prevalent mistakes that almost every novice aquarist makes is overfeeding! This kind of mistake is common since many are unaware that it could have serious repercussions, including the death of fish.
Due to overeating, various issues arise both for the fish and the aquatic environment. Excess food can rot, resulting in poor water quality, which can cause stress and diseases in fish. Therefore,
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7th May 2024
8 Easy Ways to Attract Woodpeckers to Your Garden
Woodpeckers are among the most interesting birds known for their drumming sound and bright colours. Many of us have heard their sound while enjoying a day in the garden or a family picnic in the woods. Besides being fun to watch, do you know they are great ecosystem players and natural pest controllers? Not only these, but woodpeckers also bring many other perks for maintaining a garden’s natural appeal, and that’s why people love having them in backyards or gardens.
If you also want to a
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8th Apr 2024
How to Protect Your Bird Feeders from Pigeons ?
You must have noticed damaged feeding ports, hanging mechanisms, perches, lids and bottoms. Who could be the prime culprit? Bird feeders are meant to care for birds’ dietary needs autonomously, but not all birds approach there to fill their stomachs. Some are aggressive, invasive and highly populated who come around the bird feeders mainly to cause damage. Pigeons come at the top rank in this case. The reason is their rapidly increasing population, which has already crossed 400 million wor
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28th Mar 2024
5 Foolproof Ways to Rat-Proof Your Bird Feeder
Building a bird-friendly environment is a delightful endeavour, but it involves the responsibility of managing many potential issues. One major challenge involves avoiding the attraction of rats and mice to bird feeders, and how can we keep the bird feeders rat-proof?
The presence of rats may create health risks, cause structural damage, and disrupt the birding experience. Rats can steal all the bird feed, leaving nothing for the birds. Besides, once they reach your bird feeder, they will
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18th Mar 2024
Top 5 British Birds
Lucky for birdwatching lovers, Britain is home to some amazing, beautiful birds. This blog aims to explore the top 5 British birds. If you manage to catch any of the beauties we discuss in this article, be sure to log it in the Birdspotter App!What Are The Top 5 Bird Species In Britain?A recent study of bird species in Britain has concluded on the top 5 British birds.5. The Blackbird and Chaffinch.In joint fifth place on the popularity leaderboard are the Blackbird and the Chaffinch - with an
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5th Jul 2023
How To Make A Bird Feeding Station
Bird feeding stations are a great way to encourage wild birds to visit your garden and to support populations. There is a misconception that wild birds only need additional food over the winter months, and whilst it’s true that they can often find natural sources of food during the warmer months, wild birds benefit from extra food all year round. Birds need to build up an extra layer of fat under their skin to protect them from harsh weather and give them energy for flying longer distances and
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5th Jul 2023