Make birdseed yourself
Very easy with only 5 ingredients
It's easy to make birdseed yourself. Here you can find out in the video which ingredients you need and how to proceed step by step.
Make birdseed yourself very easily
Of course you can also just buy birdseed. But if you want to please the birds in the garden yourself, you can make the food yourself. And it's very easy – I promise!
Make birdseed yourself – the ingredients
- Fat (e.g. coconut fat)
- oatmeal
- shape
- Sisal tape
- possibly a piece of straw or something similar
- Optional: salad oil
In the video we will show you how you can make simple bird food yourself to hang up. Tip: You can add a dash of salad oil to the mixture so that the food does not crumble later.
Make birdseed yourself – tips
For the homemade birdseed you can use (pithy) oatmeal. Other ingredients are also suitable for more variety for the feathered visitors, such as:
- linseed
- Sunflower seeds
- Peanut break
- nuts
If you mix in these ingredients, make sure that everything is unsweetened and unsalted!
NABU.de recommends feeding blackbirds and robins, for example, oat flakes, raisins, poppy seeds and bran. Tits and woodpeckers are happy with sunflower seeds and poppy seeds in winter too.
Make birdseed yourself – the shapes
You can use different shapes for birdseed. If the feed is to be hung up, z. B. Muffin tins or (large) cookie–Cookie cutter. Alternatively, you form z. B. a simple tit dumpling for your balcony. To make it, you don't need more than a suitable cord and the self-made lining.
For one Feed bell, e.g. B. For titmouse, you will need a clay pot, a tall glass, a stick, masking tape and a cord:
- Place the pot on the tall glass and stick the branch through the hole in the pot so that it extends a little over the pot. Cover the gaps with paper towels or similar. stuff.
- Prepare the food as shown in the video and then put it in the clay pot. Wait for the food to set.
- Now attach the cord to the upper end of the branch – the feeding bell is now ready for use for bird feeding.
Feeding birds all year round? Experts disagree
Experts do not agree on whether birds can or should be fed all year round. According to the German Animal Welfare Association, some see one, for example uncontrolled intervention into the processes of nature, others criticize bad environmental conditions and a poor feed supply through z. B. sprayed pesticides and advocate feeding.
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