Havant Road ~ Horndean ~ Waterlooville ~Hampshire ~ PO8 0UU
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A selection of food to suit most wild and domestic birds and parrots, some of which you can see as you walk around the flower nurseries
Having good quality bird feeds on hand is of course most important, but placement of those feeds is important too. Just as birds vary in size, shape, colour, song, and preferred foods, so do birds differ in feeding behaviour. Some feed almost exclusively in trees, others nearly always on the ground, and others are opportunists, feeding wherever they can find acceptable food. Using a variety of feeders, such as those shown in our bird feeder range, makes sense.

Most common birds will visit platform feeders, and we have a range of buy hopper-style feeders that can be suspended by a wire or placed on a pole.

In general, ground feeders prefer white millet, whereas birds attracted to tube feeders prefer oil-type sunflower. Therefore, white millet and mixes rich in millet should not be used in tubes or other elevated feeders with small perching surfaces. Suet attached to tree trunks in wire baskets is attractive to woodpeckers and, unfortunately, starlings and magpies. In addition to food, birds readily use water placed near feeders.

Most people concentrate their feeding efforts during the winter months. Satisfaction comes not only from attracting good numbers of birds, but also because winter feeding helps birds survive the rigors of cold, icy, and snowy weather. Actually, feeding birds year-round is enjoyable. Because naturally produced seeds are uncommon in the spring and summer, flocks of gold finches and house finches visit tube feeders filled with oil-type sunflower seeds in the growing season. Doves and wood pigeons will visit daily. Young birds, often with clumps of down still attached, will come with their parents.

Many people believe once a feeding program is started that it must be maintained without interruption. However, birds in any locality visit several feeding sites daily and will waste little time at an empty feeder. Although abundant food at feeders during the winter helps birds, occasional periods of emptiness are unlikely to result in starvation.
 

 
 

We have our own pet birds in cages dotted about the site. These two cages house our Cockatoo Parrots, one of which is in the left hand picture.
On the right is our Mynah Bird.
We also have an outside aviary where we have cockatiels and pigeons.