If you thought bird food was just bird food, you haven’t tried Richard Jackson’s five star mix. The birds love it and customers keep coming back for more
But there’s much more to the Richard Jackson Premium Higher Energy Bird Food than you may realise. It doesn’t just feed the birds, it works harder to feed them better and more importantly it caters for the needs of a much wider range of different birds.
Just as we all have different tastes and preferences when it comes to the food that we choose to eat, our garden birds also have very different needs.
Some of these differences are due to the way the birds feed, some birds feed and forage in the undergrowth searching for bugs and treats in the leaf litter and soil surface. Other birds hop from branch to branch in the hedges and the garden seeking out insects sheltering in nooks and crannies. And some birds flit from seed head to seed head seeking out nutrient rich seeds held within.
But it’s not just where the birds feed that makes a difference, it’s also how they eat. For example, there’s a big difference in beak shape between the various types of birds. Some birds like the finches are seed eaters and they often have curved and very strong beaks to break through the tough skins of seeds and nuts. Other birds have long pointy beaks to search for insects in the soil, or in the crevices of tree barks.
How to attract more different birds to your garden
The best way to attract a wider variety of birds into your garden is to present them with bird food that caters for their needs, not all birds want the same menu and that means looking at the ingredients in the food that you buy. It’s just the same as finding somewhere to eat that caters for your friends that want a steak house, those that prefer to eat fish and your vegan and vegetarian buddies too. If a restaurant caters for all those needs they will attract a wider range of diners.
So, for example, if you want to support and attract goldfinches, they love niger seed, so choose a mix that is rich in these tiny black seeds.
Greenfinches and blue tits thrive on oil rich seeds and nuts like sunflower hearts and peanuts. They can feed faster and more efficiently if you choose de-husked sunflower seeds, this is because they don’t have to shell the seeds before eating them. It also keeps the waste/mess under control so that there is not a pile of husks beneath your feeders.
It’s really important to choose a bird food that contains many different high-quality ingredients to cater for the needs of a wider variety of bird species.
But it is just as important to look at what else is in the bird food? Does it contain cheap fillers like wheat and whole oats? If it does then the birds will leave these to rot inside the feeder or let them drop beneath the feeding station where they could attract rodents. In other words you get what you pay for.
The Best Bird Food Ever
Richard Jackson’s Higher Energy Bird Food has been described by many happy customers as ‘The Best Bird Food Ever’. In most gardens the birds really do vote with their beaks, flocking to the feeders loaded with this premium, energy rich mix. It’s been a winning formula now in gardens across the UK for many years and it’s hard to improve on the recipe.
But, there’s a new mix for this season and it’s been chosen as a Product Of The Month for QVC, a sure sign that it offers great quality, value and convenience not just for you but for the birds too.
Richard has created this new formulation especially for the birds in your winter garden. It presents a life-saving mix of oil rich seeds like hemp seed, millet and sunflower seed hearts, plus peanut granules, super suet and dried mealworms, alongside calcium rich oyster shell that supports strong egg shell production for the breeding season. Not only does this really boost the health of the birds when they need it the most, but it also prepares them for the spring when they need every ounce of energy to raise their young. Richard has thought of everything, this new formulation contains biotin to strengthen the egg shells of newly laid eggs so that they protect the chick inside until it is ready to hatch.
You can present this ‘feed-all’ formulation in a seed feeder to your birds, or simply sprinkle some on a bird table or ground feeder so that birds that can’t cling to a feeder can also feed.
Super Suet Balls
If you thought suet balls for the birds were all the same, you may be surprised to learn that they are not. Some are really basic with cheap ingredients and as tough as can be, too hard for our feathered friends to devour quickly. And that’s what’s important for the birds, especially in the winter – fast food. But fast food that’s supercharged with energy rich ingredients and added nutrients to keep your little friends fed and feisty.
Richard Jackson’s High Energy Premium Seed & Nut Suet Balls contain super suet which delivers twice the energy of other brands and they are soft and crumbly so the birds can devour this fast-acting energy source quickly, even in cold weather when other suet balls are frozen hard. And Richard’s High Energy Premium Seed & Nut Suet Balls contain sunflower seeds and kibbled peanuts for protein and energy, along with minerals to support a healthy immune system, stronger bones and tougher egg shells in spring.