Blog 2 - 13 January 2025 Now is the time – they need you and you need them! Who? The birds... “ Bizarre, Brilliant, Beautiful” - words from the Natural History Museum. A description applicable all over the world, and in your garden and mine. They have become part of life’s backdrop. They have been here a long time... since the dinosaurs. But this doesn’t guarantee them a place in the future; globally one in eight bird species is endangered. Our local “ordinary” sparrows, starlings, greenfinches, house martins, etc have steadily dwindled. Our busy lives go on - behind schedule, too much to do, and suddenly one notices “the usual” is absent. Birds need us... The best way to help birds (particularly in lean winter months), is to have wilder areas where they can forage naturally, as well as feeding them - breadcrumbs, kitchen scraps, seed, peanuts, fat. Feeding gives a reliable backup when natural food is scarce... and gives you a chance to see and appreciate their ways. Feeder choic...