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Bird Feeding Guide

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We have assembled a guide with 9 of the usual visitors at the winter’s birdfeeder and what they like to eat!

Bird feeding guide

We have assembled a guide with 9 of the usual visitors at the winter’s birdfeeder and what they like to eat! The different birds are illustrated here with our DecoBirds.

If you want to read more about the respective birds, click on the heading and you will be directed to our bird school, where you can also listen to how they sound.

Great tit

The great tit is one of the largest tits and is a very common birdfeeder guest.

Likes: hemp seeds, sunflower seeds, peanuts, suet balls and bread

Blue tit

The little blue tit with its blue head is a favourite for many. It is often seen at birdfeeders.

Likes: hemp seeds, sunflower seeds, peanuts, suet balls and bread

Yellowhammer

The yellowhammer is a regular birdfeeder guest. It lives off insects and seeds and is among the few that eats oats.

Likes: oats, bread pieces, wild birdseed, linseed

Bullfinch

The bullfinch becomes more visible during winter because it emerges from the forest to visit birdfeeders.

Likes: sunflower seeds, hemp seeds, rowanberries

Blackbird

The blackbird prefers to sit on the ground, but when there is snow, it will eat from the birdfeeder if you offer e.g. apples.

Likes: apples, pears, rowanberries

Greenfinch

This grey-green, slightly heavier finch is particularly fond of seeds of the fattier kind.

Likes: sunflower seeds, hemp seeds, peanuts

Tree sparrow

The common tree sparrow with the unmistakable spot on its cheek likes to come to the birdfeeder in flocks.

Likes: sunflower seeds, hemp and millet seeds

Siskin

With its delicate beak, the siskin cannot eat seeds that are too big or hard. It is very common throughout Europe and visit birdfeeders.

Likes: hemp and millet seeds

Robin

The robin is a migratory bird, but in the country’s southern and central parts, some of them stay the winter.

Likes: suet balls, shredded mild cheese or unsalted butter smeared on a tree trunk can be offered to this insectivore.

Which type of bird seed should I purchase?

Our tip when starting out is to make your own seed mix. Do this by purchasing large bags of single types of seed and then simply mix them together yourself. Many of the mixed seed bags available on the market contain too high a percentage of oat, which very few garden birds actually eat. This means a lot of it simply goes to waste.

Sunflower seeds and peanuts are good all-round food that many species enjoy. Insect eating birds are generally happy with some form of suet, such as suet balls.