Create A Winter Wellness Retreat For Your Feathered Friends

Create A Winter Wellness Retreat For Your Feathered Friends: While we humans are shaking off the post-Christmas cobwebs and easing gently back into routine, the birds in our gardens are still facing winter at full blast. For them, this icy cold snap is far from a relaxing spa retreat. Finding food, fresh water, and a cosy place to shelter can be a daily struggle.

The STIGA team know that winter can be tough on our feathered friends — but the good news is, a little help from us goes a long way.

Turn Your Garden Into A Five-Star Winter Retreat For Birds

With a few thoughtful touches, your garden can become the ultimate avian winter wellness spa. Think well-stocked feeders, frost-free water stations and snug hideaways from the chill. These simple steps help birds stay fuelled, hydrated and ready to flap confidently into spring.

From 23rd to 25th January, the Big Garden Birdwatch takes place, a vital nationwide survey that helps monitor bird populations and their well-being. To help you get involved (and keep your garden guests happy), STIGA spoke to the team at Barnsdale Gardens in Rutland, home to Britain’s largest collection of individually designed gardens, for their top winter bird-care tips.

Grow Essential Food For Birds

Plants with berries are both beautiful and bird-approved. Varieties such as Sorbus (mountain ash), Crataegus (hawthorn), Hedera (ivy), Prunus spinosa (sloe) and Cotoneaster provide a vital food source during the colder months, nature’s own grab-and-go snacks.

Feed Fallen Fruit To The Birds

If you have a berrying tree over hard standing, fallen fruit often gets swept away and composted at this time of year. At Barnsdale Gardens, they’ve found that birds, especially blackbirds, love feeding on these fruits from the ground.

If leaving them in place looks a little messy, simply rake them into a nearby border or scatter them somewhere discreet. You won’t notice them… but the birds certainly will.

Top Wildlife Tip …Get Nature Friendly With Robots

STIGA’s robot mowers don’t just care for lawns, they care for wildlife too. Designed to operate during daylight hours, they help ensure nocturnal animals like hedgehogs can safely roam the garden overnight.

Not only that, but STIGA autonomous robot mowers have been recognised by Quiet Mark and certified as Quiet Mark products. STIGA is the only autonomous robotic mower brand to receive the prestigious recognition, making these machines good for the wildlife in the daytime, too!

This winter, let’s open our gardens and our hearts to the birds that share our outdoor spaces. With a little care, we can help them thrive through the cold months… because every bird deserves a warm welcome.

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