Make a bird feeder for your garden

Make a Bird Feeder for your garden

These are great projects you can do with your children and a great way to get them interested in bird watching. They’re also very cheap, great fun, and take little time to complete.



Hammer some nails into the board sticking up a few centimetres to use to secure bits of food to the table. Place pieces of bread and old fruit (apples, grapefruit cut in half, etc) on the nails for the birds to eat. Some birds also like to eat fat - dripping works well.

Automatic feeder



Bird pudding

The birds in your garden will love this tasty snack.


1-2 cups of fat
Stale bread or biscuits or bird seed
Bacon rinds


  2. Stand the bowl in hot water.
  4. Stir the mixture and form into a ball.

Be patient - it can take a while for birds to get used to feeding at the table. Keep the food and sugar water topped up regularly in winter and early spring - birds will probably have enough to eat during other times of the year, but may appreciate a source of drinking water in a safe place.

From: Forest and Bird/Get involved