Winter Bird Feeding Guide: Why Wheat-Free & High Energy are Essential for Success
As temperatures drop and natural food sources vanish under frost and snow, the birds in your garden face their toughest challenge of the year. For every wild bird, survival in winter is a constant battle to maintain energy and body heat.
To truly help your feathered friends thrive, you need to look beyond basic feed. Investing in high-quality, high-energy, and wheat-free mixtures—like the Eyebrook Premier Plus Mix—is the single most effective action you can take.
1. The Critical Need for High Energy
In the winter, a bird's metabolic rate goes into overdrive to maintain its core temperature. They need to find enough energy from food to survive the long, cold nights. Standard seeds simply don't offer the density they need.
Wheat is a common, inexpensive filler found in many budget bird foods. While it's edible, it offers very little nutritional value for most smaller garden birds and is often simply kicked out of the feeder onto the ground.
Even the best food is useless if birds cannot safely access it. Placement is key for encouraging frequent visits and keeping birds safe from predators.
In freezing conditions, clean water can be harder to find than food. Birds need water for drinking and preening (keeping feathers in top condition).
Birds become reliant on consistent food sources. Stopping or reducing feeding during the hardest frost or snowfall can be disastrous. Once you start feeding, maintain your schedule throughout the winter.
Give Your Garden Birds the Advantage
Choose the superior, wheat-free, and high-energy nutrition of the Eyebrook Wild Bird Feed range this winter. Every bag is an investment in the health and survival of your local wildlife.
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- The Fix: Look for feeds rich in fats and oils. Ingredients like black sunflower seeds, suet pellets, peanut kernels, and high-quality suet are crucial. Our Eyebrook Premier Plus Mix is heavily weighted towards these high-fat ingredients, giving birds the energy required for survival and flight.
- The Fix: A wheat-free mix means every single ingredient is packed with essential nutrition and consumed rather than wasted. Your money goes further, and the birds get maximum benefit. Our premium mixes eliminate cheap fillers, ensuring the birds attract are the ones you want to see at the feeder.
- The Fix: Position feeders near shelter (trees or shrubs) so birds can dart back for cover, but not so close that predators can launch a surprise attack. Maintain consistency by topping up your feeders at the same time each morning and evening.
- The Fix: Ensure a clean source of water is available. Gently crack the ice on a bird bath in the morning, or use a shallow dish that is cleaned and refreshed daily. Never add chemicals to prevent freezing.
- The Fix: Keep a regular stock of high-energy, high-quality feed on hand. Our premium Eyebrook range is designed to provide the specific, concentrated nutrition that birds need to survive the coldest spells.
Give Your Garden Birds the Advantage