Attracting Birds to Garden without using Bird Feeders

Hello all

I Hope you are Well.

I started getting Field Mice in the Garden which I do not mind, however, over the last Week I have noticed Brown Rats which are apparently coming under the Fences from Next Door.

I have someone visiting from the Council on Friday to deal with the Rats.

In the meantime I have decided to remove the Bird Feeders.

As I understand it, if I can attract Insects to the Garden they in turn will attract the Birds.

This is My Back Garden as of This Morning:



Many of the Plants are said to attract Pollinators and others have Berries or Fruit.

Should these be enough to attract Birds without resorting to Bird Feeders?

Thanks in advance

Kevin

 

Your lawn will attract blackbirds @Kevin Cowans searching for worms, so keeping it well mown like you seem to do will help. I can't see whether you have a bird bath. In my garden, it's a very popular destination for blackbirds, robins and sparrows for drinking and splashing about!

 

Hello @Plantminded

Thanks for the Reply.

There is the Water Feature just the other side of the Weigela in the Foreground which does attract Birds for Drinking and Bathing so hopefully the Birds will still visit for the Water.

Kevin

 

Birds are a bit like us humans, always looking for an easy meal...

 

We don't have any feeders in our garden due to rats, but our garden is full of birds. There's a large hedge that runs along the back of our garden that the birds use and we leave parts of the garden untidy to attract the bugs.

 

Hello all

Thanks for the Replies.

I have decided to remove the Bird Feeders permanently, I think

Many of the Plants are said to attract Pollinators, and many also have Seed Heads, Berries or Fruit, hopefully that will be enough to keep the Birds visiting.

I have the Councils Pest Control visiting Tomorrow (Friday) Afternoon to hopefully deal with the Rats, hopefully.

Thanks

Kevin

 

I made the same decision @Kevin Cowans when I saw a rat appearing several times under the fence from next door to visit my bird feeders in late winter. (Why do neighbours like to harbour rats and not feed them properly? )