The Birding Blog

There are so many ways to attract birds to your garden, we’ve summarised the 3 most important steps to follow in order to receive a feathery garden visitor: Step 1: Water - Guys birds LOVE water! It’s an absolute necessity. Get yourself a nice shallow bird bath, because not only do birds like to drink from a bird bath but they also like to bathe in it. Birds enjoy standing in the water and bathing, therefore the deepest I would say the bird bath should be is about 5cm in the middle. Ensure that you replace the water daily, as...

What is the importance of a bird’s feathers? It may seem like a simple question, I’m sure the first answer that comes to mind is, “feathers are there so they can fly….DUH,” but there is more than one reason why a birds feathers are very important. Below are 15 interesting facts about bird’s feathers: You guessed it, flying!  - Flight feathers are stiff and strong feathers found on a birds wings. Warmth - Have you ever seen a bird fluffing its feathers in the cold? Well, it’s not only incredibly cute, birds use downy feathers as well as semiplume feathers...

Many people have developed a passion for garden birding. We just love watching our little feathered friends fluttering about our gardens. However, caring for the wild birds is not solely for our enjoyment, due to the massive growth of urbanisation the birds are finding it harder and harder to find places to eat and nest. For this reason it is important to regularly place food and water for the birds and to put up nesting logs/boxes. Below we’ve discussed some important information about sisal nesting logs: What are sisal nesting logs made from? Sisal nesting logs are made from an Agava...