As of: January 20, 2024, 5:31 a.m
By: Ines Alms
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Not all birds love feeders.
Some species prefer to forage for food on the ground.
How to make the feeding area safe and enticing for these birds.
Do you ever wonder why you hardly see robins or chaffinches at the bird feeder?
On the one hand, this may be because they cannot find the right habitat for their species in your garden.
Or they are birds that prefer ground feeding.
Of course, this poses even greater danger from enemies sneaking up on you.
What you should pay attention to.
Robins, blackbirds & Co. prefer ground feeding
Some ground feeders such as robins prefer feeding on the lawn.
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While grain eaters such as sparrows and many finches and tits like to eat their food at lofty heights, some birds rarely come to a free-floating house.
The following species prefer to search for food by hopping on the ground:
Yellowhammer
Dunnock
wren
Chaffinch
Blackbird and other thrushes
robin
jay
Safety is very important when it comes to the location of the bird feeder.
If you want to set up a ground feeding area for the animals, you should make sure that the area is clearly visible from at least three sides and that the nearest bushes on the fourth side are at least two meters away.
But not too far so that the birds can seek shelter if an enemy approaches, advises
Wildvogelhilfe.org.
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Hygiene is particularly important to avoid attracting rats
The food itself could be scattered directly on the floor, but this is quite unhygienic and attracts more rats and mice.
A ceramic bowl that you can put inside at night is more suitable here.
But there are also floor silos and so-called feeding tables available in stores or for making yourself, which essentially serve the grains to the animals on a tray.
These areas are easier to clean - this should be done daily - and food residues are easier to remove.
According to the
State Association for Bird and Nature Conservation (LBV),
you should pay particular attention to hygiene when it comes to ground feeding stations and move the feeding station more often.
The food must not get wet.
To ensure that rats and other disease vectors do not eat, you should only put out food that the ground feeders living in your area will eat.
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To be on the safe side, special protective cages should be placed over the ground feeding area and secured to the ground - a bird can easily slip through the grille, martens, cats and birds of prey remain locked out.
According to the LBV,
rabbit wire with a narrower mesh size is also
a good alternative.