This Halloween bird feeder is an easy and fun way to help our garden birds as the nights draw in and temperatures continue to drop.

You can head over to the garden birds watching activity to download some garden bird spotter sheets – these will help you identify the birds visiting your feeder!

What will you need:

• An orange
• Bird seed (substitute for raisins, mealworms etc if you have a nut allergy)
• Suet fat or lard
• Marker pen
• String
• A skewer or pencil

How to make your spooky bird feeder:

1. Cut your orange in half.
2. Scoop out the orange flesh.
3. Mix the lard and the seed in a bowl.
4. Make a small hole near the edge of the orange and thread a piece of string through.
5. Pack the orange halves with the seed mixture.
6. Draw a spooky face on the orange.
7. Hang outside on a tree or branch for the birds.

Watch this video to help you out:

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This activity was created as part of our annual Halloween celebrations at

Falls of Clyde Wildlife Reserve and Visitor Centre.