How To Feed

Birds have adapted themselves to feed in every possible way. On the ground, in trees and bushes, in the air, on the water and under water. However we are really only concerned about on the ground and in trees and bushes, in our gardens.

Most of us prefer to feed seed from a porthole feeder or a mesh feeder. Feeding on the ground will widen the range of birds you feed but it can attract the larger birds such as pigeons, crows and pheasants and they all have large apetites. Here at Vine House we feed on the ground in a cage that will let Blackbirds, Mistle Thrushes, Song Thrushes and Starlings in but not Collared Doves, Pigeons or Crows.

There are numerous makes of port hole feeders, the cheaper ones are made of plastic. However if you have squirrels in your neighbourhood you would be well advised to buy metal feeders as squirrels will chew plastic feeders to pieces.