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For more on marking an answer as the "Best Answer", please visit our FAQ.I now get yelled at by friends who come because they see I'm still feeding the birds and it was me who had told them they shouldn't during the summer months. Everything, including advice, seemed to change in 2003 with the heatwave.
It was observed that birds migratory habits were changing and many were leaving our countrysides. I heard to combat this is to continue putting out a little (no way as much as in the winter) so the birds will know there are places where there is always food...
Who else has heard this?
Yup - I think that the thinking has changed and it is now generally agreed that it is important to feed the birds all year round so that a food source is not removed after they have got used to (and introduced their young to) it.
I have 2 related queries - one I posted today about discouraging crows - any answers very very welcome.
The other is - where do people buy their peanut or seed from? I am going through a lot of it at the moment with the babies and parents feeding and wouldn't mind making a saving if I could.
Sorry if I have hijacked your question PaulnCarole but my knuckles are sore from banging on the window to scare the crows away and my bank account is seriously depleted cause of the amount of grub my little (and large) feathered friends are getting through!!
I feed them all the year round as well.
Birds do not have access to as much natural food as they did years ago. The countryside has been over farmed and the use of pesticides and other chemicals has seen a huge decline in the number of insects. Headlands around fields (which used to have an abundant supply of food for the birds) have diminished as farmers try to get more and more profit from their farms. There are also less hedges. As a result there are less birds and some species are very low in numbers or even threatened. Even the lowly sparrow has suffered. Fortunately, there are moves afoot to make farmers more nature friendly and they are now being offered subsidies for bringing in more nature friendly farming methods.
Birds now rely very heavily on our garden birdtables, so please continue to feed all the year. Man has been responsible for the decline in their food, so we should help them.