Wild Bird Food
Livefoods such as mealworms, mini mealworms and waxworms are
becoming increasingly popular in Britains gardens as wild
bird food. UK natives attracted by them include Blue Tits,
Great Tits, Coal Tits, Blackcaps, Blackbirds, Pied Wagtails,
Song Thrushes, Nuthatches and Robins.
Wild
birds need high quality sources of protein in their diet.
Feeding livefoods is a very effective way of providing this.
They add a totally new dimension to bird feeding as a far wider
range of species are encouraged to visit the garden. Regular
visitors will exhibit new behaviour patterns and some species,
notably Robins can be encouraged to feed from the hand.
You can feed livefoods all year round, although they are particularly
valuable during the breeding season or during very cold, wet
or dry weather. Feed livefoods at the same time each day and
in the breeding season offer the food early in the morning and
late in the afternoon. Tiny mini mealworms are perfect in Springtime
as food for young birds learning to feed themselves.
Don't forget to stock up for Spring when natural food insects
are hard to find and many nestlings die of starvation! Considerable
quantities may be needed. Great tits for example have been recorded
taking insects to their nest 8-900 times a day. And consider
that outside the breeding season a House Sparrow's diet includes
less than 6-7% animal matter. When nestlings are being fed, this
increases to more than 70%!
Product freshness is of paramount importance if birds are
to obtain maximum nutritional value from their livefoods. To
ensure this, livefoods should be purchased direct from a breeder.
The leading source of home-bred insects is Livefoods Direct.
Livefoods don't come any fresher than those supplied by Livefoods
Direct. Insects and larvae despatched on any given day are still
feeding and breeding prior to being packed and despatched. Only
a breeder has such total control over product and is thus able
to guarantee both quality and freshness.
Further information including details of how to unpack, handle,
feed and store livefoods are on the Livefoods Direct website.
It really isn't that difficult and if you are not yet familiar
with the items in the range it is worth pointing out that they
are clean, odourless and not at all unpleasant to handle.
The retail prices quoted for livefoods on the website include
the cost of packaging and delivery. What you see on this site
is what you pay! Orders purchased via the website are 5% cheaper
than standard catalogue prices and represent excellent value
for money.
