Wherever you live, you can easily give nature a helping hand by providing feeders, tables and birdbaths and by erecting nesting boxes and birdhouses. In attracting birds to your garden, you will gain hours of entertainment, and your feathered friends will return the favour by controlling the aphids, slugs and snails that threaten your garden. This books contains a wealth of feeding ideas and suggestions for the best flowers, shrubs, hedges and trees to attract birds. The book also contains an illustrated directory of 80 of the most common garden birds around the world. With its practical advice and over 600 photographs and illustratios, this is the ideal source book for both gardeners and bird lovers.