Now that the weather is growing colder many of us think about the struggle wild birds have finding enough food to eat. Lots of us like to feed the birds. However, there is a right way and a wrong way to feed birds. The wrong way is to throw heaps of left over food into the street or the park. This is not feeding birds, this is attracting vermin such as rats, mice and cockroaches. We can all do without those, thank you very much! If you are seen throwing left over food into the street, the alleys or the park you can be issued with a fixed penalty notice,which means that you will have to pay a fine. This was £50, but I understand that this may well have just been increased.  

If you want to know about how to feed the wild birds properly then check out the web site of the Royal Society for the Protection of Birds.