Fieldfare in frosty hedgerow

How you can help birds

Find out more about helping birds in and around your garden.

From what birds like to eat, to keeping them clean and healthy, we share some useful tips.

Your questions this month

Here are the top questions people are asking about right now:

Starling murmurations

Helping birds in your garden

Blackbird female, bathing in garden bird bath, Co. Durham

Birds and water

Many people put food out for birds, but fewer provide a regular supply of clean water.

Blue tit juvenile, bathing in garden bird bath, County Durham

How to make a bird bath

There are many ways of providing water in the garden, but the simplest way is a bird bath.

Tree sparrows, Passer montanus, perched on bird table in garden. Co. Durham.

Feeding birds

Find the answers to all your bird feeding questions.
Close up of a nestbox in a tree

Nestboxes

Find out how to provide, or make, nestboxes for birds in your garden.
Guillemot, oiled, on shore in shallow water

Dangers to birds

Birds can come across many different hazards. Here are some you are likely to come across, and what to do to help.
Roofs for wildlife

Roofs for wildlife

House sparrows, starlings, house martins and swifts depend on buildings for nest sites.

Sick or injured birds

Great tit with avian pox

Disease and garden wildlife

Bird feed can attract unusually high numbers of birds to a confined area, which enables disease to spread easily.
Baby Snipe

Injured and baby birds

Information here has been provided by welfare specialists to help you assess a situation and take the correct actions.
Light blue birds silhouetted against a darker blue background

Discover the birds on your doorstep with Big Garden Birdwatch.

What will you see?

More about birds

Mallard swimming

Where do ducks nest?

Mallards start to pair up in October and November, and begin nesting in March.
House sparrow male amongst garden flowers, feeding

Where have all the birds gone?

It's understandable to be worried when it seems that birds have gradually or suddenly disappeared from your garden.
Wellies planted with flowers

Welcome the Nature on your Doorstep!

Give birds and other animals a helping hand with our top 10 ways to turn your patch into a wildlife paradise.

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