How to make a snack for birds!

INGREDIENTS:

Instructions!:

BIODIVERSITY GREEN PROJECT:

-5 digestive biscuits

-1 cup bird seeds or peanuts

-Half a pack of lard Pine cones (optional)

-String (optional)

To make the bird cake mixture:

1.Crush the biscuits in a mixing bowl using the back of a wooden spoon – and set aside.

2.Do the same with the seeds or peanuts.

3.Cut the lard into small pieces.

4.Mix the biscuits, seeds or peanuts and the lard together in the bowl.

To make free standing bird cakes:

1.Take handfuls of the mixture and form into small cake shapes with your fingers. (You should have enough for several.)

2.Put them in the fridge to harden, then place on a table or windowsill ready for the birds!

To make hanging bird cakes:

1.If you have pine cones to hand, first make that their scales have opened out, because the bird cake mix needs space to stick. You can open them out by placing the pine cones in a sunny spot or somewhere warm like in an airing cupboard or on a radiator – for a good few days.

2.Take a handful of seed mix and press it into the spaces between the scales.

3.Next tie some string tightly around the pine cone so that you can hang the bird cake from a tree.

If you don't have any pine cones, simply tie some big knots all along the length of a piece of string and squeeze the bird cake mix over these, then hang the string from a branch.