Gardeners are being urged to scatter rice on bird tables this spring in a bid to help ailing birds out during the vital nesting and breeding season. The next few months are the single most ...

as they might prefer ground feed’ instead of coming to a bird table. The RSPB added: “Blackbirds are too large to access most hanging bird feeders. To attract them, it's best to put food on a ...

It’s the most important time of the year for all sorts of birds in our gardens - as sparrows, starlings, blackbirds, robins and many other British favourites enter breeding and nesting season.

READ MORE: New Spain tourism law comes into ... foraging on the ground over visiting elevated bird tables. The RSPB advises: "Blackbirds are too large to access most hanging bird feeders.

The RSPB advises: "Blackbirds are too large to access most hanging bird feeders. To attract them to your garden, it's best to put out food on a bird table or scatter it on the ground." This also ...

"Blackbirds are too large to access most hanging bird feeders. To attract them, it's best to put food on a bird table or scatter it on the ground." Similarly, sparrows, dunnocks and doves are also ...