bio-diversity how to make a bird feeder

Good quality bird seed; raisins; peanuts; grated cheese; suet or lard; yoghurt pots; string; mixing bowl; scissors

you will need

 make a small hole in the bottom of a yoghurt pot. Thread string through the hole and tie a knot on the inside. Leave enough string so that you can tie the pot to a tree or your bird table.

step 1

Allow the lard to warm up to room temperature, but don’t melt it. Then cut it up into small pieces and put it in the mixing bowl.

step 2

Add the other ingredients to the bowl and mix them together with your finger tips. Keep adding the seed/raisin/cheese mixture and squidging it until the fat holds it all together.

step 3

Fill your yoghurt pots with bird cake mixture and put them in the fridge to set for an hour or so.

step 4

step 5

Hang your speedy bird cakes from trees or your bird table. Watch for greenfinches blue tits and possibly even great spotted woodpeckers.