Please note, this is a reissue of Cooking for Birds, formerly on the natural history list of New Holland publishers.
Birds are the life and soul of any garden, whatever its size or location, and one thing can be guaranteed: if food is on offer, birds will visit. With this in mind, Make Your Own Bird Food brings you some of the most popular and successful bird food recipes ever served up, ensuring your bird feeder or table will be the toast of avian gourmet for years to come. With 40 quick, easy and cheap meal ideas and a range of useful cookery tips and helpful hints on what to feed and when, it won't be long before you'll have birds flocking to your garden.
- Introduction
- The Importance of Feeding
- Core Ingredients
- Seeds and Pulses
- Bread and Buns, Pancakes and Peanut Butter
- Fruit and Veg
- Super Squidgy Suet
- Further Reading
- Useful Addresses
- Index
- Acknowledgements
Mark Golley is a regular contributor to birding magazines and is well known for his refreshing and easy approach to bird identification. He spent four years as warden of the world-famous Cley Marshes nature reserve, close to where he lives in North Norfolk.
"Mark has created 36 dishes fit for a bird banquet [...] This wonderful little book will not only give your garden birds a Christmas treat, it will make a great stocking filler, too."
– Sunday Express