Since the weather turned cold last year, I have been making a special effort to feed the birds in the garden. I have 2 feeders, hung from the washing line, and it didn’t take long for a veritable flock of cheeky blue tits, great tits and robins to start to visit regularly. I’ve even seen a beautiful pair of dove grey and buff coloured nuthatches hanging upside down on the peanut feeder.
I have a tame blackbird, who comes when I whistle – well, I like to think he does anyway! He might just spend the whole day lazing in the holly tree, waiting for me to appear.
I know it’s the same one all the time, as he has a damaged leg. It doesn’t seem to bother him too much though, as he is still nice and plump.
As well as the usual supply of bird seed, peanuts and bread and cake crumbs, I sometimes make some bird cake, as a special treat. It’s so easy to do, and much cheaper than the ready made fat balls, with the non-eco-friendly plastic nets surrounding them. Where do all those plastic nets go? Into some horrible landfill, I expect, to pollute the ground for hundreds of years.
Just melt some suet gently in a saucepan and add sultanas, seeds, and anything else that was once edible and is now lurking in the bottom of the cake tin. Pour into cookie cutter moulds to set.
I’m also advertising a new property for the spring, for one lucky home owner-to -be. Shady position, no neighbours and going for a song!
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