How to make bird food jelly

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Even if you don’t have a garden, you can still attract birds to your window sill, even in a high-rise flat, and one way to do this is to offer some food for them. Of course, you can just leave some birdseed out for them, but this post is all about something a bit different, and that is bird food jelly.

What is bird food jelly?

Bird jelly is just like the jelly we enjoy. Birds love the combination of sugar and carbohydrates in fruit jellies. Many different types of jellies, jams, preserves, marmalades and even fruit spreads can be ideal for birds, but the preferred flavor for a lot of garden birds is dark grape jelly. You can also cut up grapes and mix in with the jelly for an added boost. You could experiment with different flavours to see what your garden birds enjoy the most. Birds love eating fruits.

How to make bird food jelly

Choose your jelly carefully, making sure it is as natural as possible. Make up the jelly according to the instructions, but add a bit less water than required so that it is thicker in consistency. Add fruit such as cut-up grapes to the mixture, and add some seeds they might like. Wait until the jelly is starting to set before mixing in your seeds. You can get a birdseed mix, or buy sunflower hearts for birds for something specific.

Why make bird food jelly?

It’s something a bit different to do, and the children will enjoy making the gooey jelly mixture. You will probably need to make extra jelly for the children to eat, otherwise, they will feel left out! You’ll find that you will attract some different birds to the garden with bird food jelly, keep a record of them and let me know what you see. The RSPB are running birdwatch, and they encourage people to record the different bird species in their gardens to keep track of what birds are around in the UK. Try adding bird jelly with a combination of different feeders and see what happens.

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