LIVE! Foods for Garden Birds

Live foods are an extremely beneficial protein and water source for adults and fledgling garden birds, and are also really useful for nursing orphaned bats!

British Trust for Ornithology (BTO) data shows that some birds nesting in gardens lay fewer eggs and fledge fewer young than in natural woodland sites. This is likely due in part to a lack of mature native trees that provide the insect food the birds need to feed their young. Although robins are the most obvious mealworm lovers, blackbirds, song thrushes, mistle thrushes, pied wagtails and spotted flycatchers all love wriggling food.

Live foods should be offered from smooth-sided containers ( ramekins are ideal ) to ensure that they do not escape and disappear from the birds' view. Containers can be placed on the ground or on a bird table or bird feeding platform. Alternatively they can be fed from our hanging Robin Feeder or Observer Window Feeder , for a lovely close-up view.(Please see our Feeder section ). 

Mealworms can be kept for several months if they are stored at the ideal temperature of 8 - 10°C with adequate food.They do not need to be kept in the fridge.

*Free Delivery for all LIVE! foods to ALL UK addresses. LIVE! foods will be dispatched separately and will arrive via Royal Mail.