What should you feed the small birds with at your place?
NOTE! This page is a guide with a few recommended products.
I Live in a Residential Area and Have My Own Garden
Simplest: Hulled sunflower seeds. A perfect treat for the birds and completely mess-free for you!
More Advanced: Opt for fatty seeds with high energy content. Sunflower seeds, hemp, millet, and mixes without too much grain. Try spreading the feeding across multiple locations, but always in a spot with nearby shelter for the birds. Start feeding in the fall, preferably as early as October, to get the birds accustomed to the food and to outcompete the neighbors. Apples and raisins are great for waxwings and thrushes that tend to visit urban areas in the winter.
I Live in an Apartment with a Balcony
A Tube of Peanuts Attracts Among Others, the Blue Tit That Doesn't Mind Eating So Close to the House. The Important Thing Is That the Food Is Free of Debris, Like Peanuts and Sunflower Seeds. You Can Also Serve Organic Butter on a Plank.
I Live in the Countryside in an Agricultural Area
The Simplest Way: Lant liv on the ground and Villa bas in the bird feeder
More Advanced: If you offer inexpensive field seeds on the ground (such as field seeds from Saltå), you're guaranteed a chance at attracting yellowhammers. Tree sparrows, house sparrows, and others also like it.
I Live in the Forest
Simplest: Hang up a tube with peanuts and one with hemp. The peanuts attract forest tits like willow tit, crested tit, and coal tit, while hemp is good for, among others, the bullfinch.
More Advanced: Put out organic suet, obtained from cattle! Nail it, tie it around a plank or a tree. The suet is a treat for, among others, the great spotted woodpecker, and in the northern parts of Sweden, the gray-headed woodpecker may also come. Mix fatty seeds like hemp and sunflower with grain-based food. Peanuts are an excellent food for tits, focus heavily on that.
