Day 18: Today’s 30 Days Wild is Throw Back Thursday!
In 2015 I made fat balls for the visiting wild birds. I tried to ID a feather in 2016. We visited Claremont Farm, Wirral and picked our own strawberries in 2017. I got up close with a herdwick sheep in 2018 and in 2019 I focused on facts about the moon.
For 2020’s 30 Days Wild I’ll return to making fat balls for the birds. This year I didn’t melt the fat I used it at room temperature and mixed it with my hands with a selection of seeds and grains. It was a messy job but I managed to shape the balls much easier than if I was pouring a hot mixture into molds. For the cups I pierced two holes in the bottom and fed a length of string through, looping at the top to create a handle in which to hang. I then filled with the messy fat and seed mixture and popped them in the yarden. I just need to see a sparrow or starling on them now to see how successful they have been this year!
Have you made fat balls for the birds? How did you make yours?
Thanks for reading, and stay wild!
Christine x
They look really good!
I made one at an international women’s Day fair just before lockdown. The mix was already done for me though. I used a fir cone with a piece of string attached. X
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Thanks Sharon. I’m still waiting the approval of the 🐦 birds 😊
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A jackdaw made a meal of mine. X
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lol, I’m just waiting for the starlings to arrive en-masse lol x
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I made them with my sons years ago- not very successfully- how clever to put them in the feeder.
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Just waiting for approval from the birds now x
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