5 Ways to Attract New Birds to Your Garden
Category News
Birds give us hours of joy and help to indicate whether or not our garden is healthy. Having a wide variety of birdlife in your garden is a much desired part of any home.
Many people struggle to attract wild birds to their gardens. If this is you, don’t worry, we’ve got 5 of the best ways to get your birdlife flourishing.
1.
Variety of birds means variety of food
Different species of birds have different dietary requirements and not all of them eat the wild bird seed picked up in supermarkets. Providing a wide variety of food for the birds will help to attract many different species. On top of the bird seed, consider putting out different fruits and vegetables to help get those louries and barbets visiting you.
2.
Bring on the H2O
Birds love to take baths not just when they groom but also when the weather is hot. Providing a water source in your garden gives birds 2 very big reasons to call your garden home. Also consider advertising the water source which you have put in. Birds will flock in if they can hear the water so look into having a fountain or another kind of moving water source.
3.
Give them a home they’d be proud of
There is a wide range of nesting options to put in your garden to help attract birds and encourage them to stay. One of the most common nesting options is a
nesting log, but there are others on the market that caters to different types of nesting methods.
4.
Consider the soil
Many birds need high levels of protein in their diets and the way they get these protein requirements is through insects. Having a healthy diversity of insects in your garden will help bring in our feathered friends. Maintaining healthy soil will promote insect life in your garden and bring in the insect eating birds.
5.
Plant the right plants
There are many birds which survive off eating certain plants, flowers and berries. Sunbirds will come and stay for the nectar of aloes, Cape honeysuckle, and wild dagga. Fruit eating birds are well known to come for the wild figs, acacias, and mulberry trees. Having the correct plants in your garden will encourage birds to visit year round as they will always have a food source.
_______________________________________________________
Choose Homes of Distinction when selling your property?
Homes of Distinction has been successfully employing an online marketing, SEO and social media strategy for several years now, with a large increase in views on our website and your properties. We can assure you that you cannot afford to fall behind the curve here, no matter what your business is!
Sale listing, sale, sales, to sell, for sale, sold, just sold, estate agents, realtors, estate brokers, to let, rent, real estate agents, estate agency, estate agencies, property specialists.
At Homes of Distinction, we are celebrating our 20-year anniversary this month and humbled by the transformation we have seen over the years. We look forward to the celebrations ahead and for the next 20 years of diversity and change.
Author: Lillian Rencken
