WILD BIRD PEANUTS 

The Bird Food Standards Association

In their passage from country of origin to your bird table or feeder, bird food products are likely to change hands several times. It was in the spring of 1989 that a group of concerned companies involved in the bird food trade decided that there was need to regulate the standard of products sold for wild bird feeding and the Bird Food Standards Association (BSA) was formed. "Safe Nuts" scheme was the first initiative of the BSA and set out to confront a real risk to the health of garden birds in the forms of aflotoxin poisoning. 

Peanuts are rich in oils and proteins and an excellent food for may species. NOTE: Young birds in the nest or on the ground can choke on whole peanuts, so only feed peanuts from wire mesh feeders during this period. It is for this reason that Johnston & Jeff do not include peanuts in their seed mix but do offer them separately. JJ peanuts are carefully selected and graded from sources around the world to ensure that they are free from aflotoxin (a poison) and moulds

Top Feeding Tips Your help to the wild birds will be appreciated by them and I hope that you receive much reward in your garden. Please remember that these birds rely on regular food from these feeding points and once you have started to feed please do not stop. 1. The more feeding stations you have available the more birds you will attract to your garden. 2. The wider variety of food you have available the more birds you will attract to your garden. 3. Carefully choose the positions in which you place your feeders. 4. It is advisable to make fresh water available. 5. ONCE YOU HAVE STARTED DON'T STOP! A Guide To Feeding: When, What & Where. When To Feed: We should be feeding our wild birds NOW. Many people think this advice only applies to the winter months when wild birds need a higher proportion of fat to maintain their body heat. Wrong! For a variety of reasons, many birds are not able to get the nourishment they need to stay fit & healthy enough to cope with their strenuous lives. Feeding birds through the winter helps them survive and also gets them in condition for spring breeding. Often when their young are born, adult birds go without food to ensure their young are fed properly. They are therefore still reliant on us for food 

THESE WILL ATTRACT MANY TYPES OF BIRDS ESPECIALLY THE TIT FAMILY