Our mission is to support birds everywhere. We love birds, we want them to thrive in our gardens, urban spaces, towns & cities. For every bag of bird food we sell, we donate a bag to urban birds through community groups. Our work in Garnethill, Glasgow We are working with a fantastic community group in...
From Bird Food Business to Not-for-Profit We have had a pretty amazing and successful year trading thanks to all of our wonderful customers, enthusiasts and followers. It started with mixing bags for our own birds in a tiny shed in Derbyshire and now we are supplying to people and birds up and down the country....
A couple of times a month we do a little bird chat on Instagram stories. Simply asking people to ask us questions. A lot of the time, the questions turn to squirrels. In particular, how to stop them eating bird food. We all know that squirrels have a large capacity for bird food. Plus at...
Birds need our support in the colder months, that’s a fact. They also need the right level of nutrition too, there’s no point adding bird food that isn’t going to support them and help them to stay healthier when the weather is tough. Birds can lose up to 20% of their own body weight in...
There is so much information online about bird food that it can feel quite overwhelming. That is certainly how I felt when I first started feeding my garden birds. I didn’t know anything about feeding them when I started out and the last few years have been trial and error, research and development and now...
We are all now well versed in the need to reduce our plastic intake, especially single-use plastics. At Garden Crowd, we believe in trying to reduce our plastic use everyday of the year. However, like #PlasticFreeFriday, #plasticfreejuly is a great way of focusing the mind. It is a joy to see so many new products...
Traditionally it has always been a thing that in the Winter we all rush out and start feeding our birds, they don’t have access to food and they need us. This is all correct and Winter feeding is really important, but it doesn’t mean that we should let the feeders run dry in the Summer....
Insects are a rich source of protein for garden birds and their young. Keeping up insect populations in your garden will attract lots of familiar garden birds and summer migrants. Insect loving birds include Wrens, Robins, Woodpeckers and seasonal visitors like Barn Swallows. Having them around is also beneficial to your garden. Attracting them is...
Fruit is a fantastic source of nutrition for birds and many birds have learned how to exploit it. In cooler parts of the world, like in the UK, fruit tends to be a seasonal bounty and some of these birds will alternate their diets to seeds when fruit isn’t available. You can help attract these...
Bullfinches seem to inspire all of us. Maybe it is there fleeting visits, beautiful colours or the way they always eat as a couple — who knows! The bullfinch is a bird we all seem to want to attract more into our gardens. When I asked our facebook fans and subscribers, what bird would you like to...
