Bird dumplings with insects

With a mixture of nutritious cereal flakes, seeds, sunflower seeds, peanuts and dried berries, these bird dumplings provide highly digestible fat, minerals and vitamins. They also contain insects, which are valuable for the protein supply and are readily eaten by all soft-bodied birds. Young birds in particular are dependent on insects for healthy development, but often no longer find sufficient live food in urban gardens. The food dumplings can be offered all year round. In this form, the mixture is less sensitive to damp weather than loose food. Place in a tree in a slightly higher, sheltered position.

Natural habitats for wildlife are visibly dwindling in our tidy landscape. One problem: as territories are cut, so are natural food resources. Nuts, fruits, seeds or insects are often no longer available in sufficient quantities, and so year-round supplementary feeding in the garden - especially in urban environments - has become a contribution to species conservation. The songbirds native to our region benefit from this, as do hedgehogs and squirrels as small mammals.
The ready-made feed offered here comes from a specialist in the Palatinate region of Germany who uses only natural, GMO-free raw materials for his feeds. A master glazier was the founder of the family business, who was an avid birdwatcher in his spare time. He started the business in 1904 with a small mealworm farm and soon also produced feed mixes for insect pecking garden birds and other special feeds for wild animals.