Little Wings, Big Help: How to Support Baby Birds in Your Garden This Spring

Spring is a season of opportunity for wild birds, and baby birds especially, as warming temperatures awaken forests and fields with all sorts of essential grub such as insects and seeds. The essential bird feed acts as a fuel that hatchlings need in order to survive. During these fleeting months, parent birds work endlessly from dawn till dusk, to ensure their baby birds have enough strength before spring fades into the harsher demands of summer and autumn.

Baby birds require nutritious feed that is rich in protein, fat, and most importantly is easily digestible as their bodies grow at astonishing rates. Protein packed feed options such as mealworm are vital, since nestlings rely on insects and nutrient dense feed in order to develop strong feathers, muscles, and immune systems before they can leave the nest.

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Three Top Tips On How You Can Support Fledglings This Spring:

• Minimise disturbance by avoiding tree cutting, hedge trimming, or any other excessive garden disruption helps protect hidden nests from abandonment, injury, or exposure to harsh weather and predators.
• Provide fresh water this is important as birds rely on clean water for drinking, bathing, and regulating body temperature whilst parent birds work tirelessly feeding their hatchlings.
• Bird houses offer crucial shelter and secure nesting spaces for the young. Especially in areas where natural habitats are limited, giving chicks a safe place to grow so ensure to put one out.