Overview
- After days of frost and snow, experts report increased feeder visits and recommend sunflower seeds and fat‑seed mixes dispensed from enclosed silos.
- Softbill species such as robins and blackbirds should get raisins, apples or oats at ground-level stations, while tits also take mealworms.
- To limit disease, advisors urge silo-style feeders, routine hot-water cleaning, and prompt removal of damp leftovers, with sites placed out of reach of cats and away from glass.
- Provide shallow drinking water and replace it daily in freezing conditions, and avoid fat balls in plastic nets that can injure birds.
- Bread should not be offered, and feeding wild mammals like foxes, wild boar or deer is prohibited except for authorized managers; longer-term support comes from native plants and nesting sites.