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We love small garden birds, our robins, blue tits, dunnocks, blackbirds and great tits make us happy and bring us joy. Being close to nature is good for all of us, it soothes our souls. If you love garden birds then you are in good company. Here we talk about how to support small birds and provide homes for them in our gardens. It doesn’t matter where you live there are birds nearby and you can be closer to them by putting out food they like to eat. We live in a flat in the city of Glasgow, somewhere you might not associate with an abundance of nature but we have tons of birds visiting our feeders every day. If you are new to bird feeding we have lots of information to get you started. We have a blog filled with useful tips on how to attract birds to your garden and what to do when they come. Why do birds need us? In recent decades lots of natural bird habitat has been lost and numbers of garden birds have fallen dramatically – some by as much as 80%. Our skies, gardens, fields and woods used to be much noisier places, filled with the sound of birdsong. Things are much quieter now as we have fewer of our native birds and numbers of migrating birds have dropped too. Birds need us to provide homes in our gardens so that they have spaces to live and raise their young. We need them as much as they need us. Spending time in natural places, watching birds, having pets and walking in the countryside or parks have all been shown to reduce stress and make us calmer and more happy. With rising rates of mental health problems, stress and anxiety we will all benefit from encouraging nature and having more birds around. Real Bird Food We sell real bird food. Small garden birds have different needs to birds such as pigeons and magpies. We make nutritional, natural food that is suitable for a range of different garden birds. Birds need more than just seeds they need fats and protein too. Different birds need different things -Robins, for instance