What will Poor Robin Do Then, Poor Thing.

Yesterday morning I gingerly poked my head out of the back door. It was fresh and frosty, but no icy wind to contend with. No snow for us. The rest of the country was suffering. But here, the birds were twittering away with their pre spring dawn chorus.

This morning at the same time. What a difference. There was an eerie silence. Not a bird in sight or a bird song to be heard. A 6inch thick pall of wet snow covered the ground. Clogging up the bushed and trees. Gradually, they came, searching in the snow for food. The robin, blackbirds, starlings, sparrow, tits, finches, magpies and doves. In the trees the little gold finches pecked away at the seed feeders as did the blue tits. The poor ground feeding birds were suffering so I donned waterproof shoes, coat, hat, gloves and bravely shoveled a path through the snow to put their food out where they would normally look for it.

Take some melted fat preferable suet

add bird seed, oats, seed, nuts and dried fruits.

Mix well and allow to set.

Winter ambrosia for birds.

So please, feed the birds when our weathers icy and snow covered or we wont have their wonderful songs to listen to and their antics to entertain us