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Designed to attract Britain’s most beautiful birds to your garden. Why Feed Peter & Paul?
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Designed to attract Britain’s most beautiful birds to your garden, the equally British home-grown Peter & Paul range of premium wild bird feed brings feathers to the table and British gardens to life. You can enjoy the birds all year round by providing them with this nutritious and carefully formulated selection, free from cheap filling ingredients and packed full of goodness. Peter & Paul is a hi

ghly concentrated range of feeds that put quality over quantity. Each feed has been balanced for wild birds without the cheap bulking filler ingredients, designed to attract specific types of garden bird using their physiology as a basis for formulating the most appropriate nutritional options. This ensures maximum goodness and health benefits for Britain’s beautiful birds.

24/06/2024

Should you take your feeders down in Summer? ☀️

The short answer is that it’s perfectly fine to feed birds year-round, with proper care. Warm temperatures lead to an increase in infectious diseases. When birds come together in close proximity, the spread of disease is more likely. Summer heat can cause seed and suet to spoil or become mouldy much quicker, especially if your feeders are in the sun.

Research shows that feeding in summer may have an upside. A study found that despite the fact that feeder birds had more diseases on average, those same birds were also in better physical condition than other wild birds - Generally, the individual health of birds improved with supplemental feeding.

So, feeding during the summer will help improve your garden birds' health. But it is important that you are cleaning your feeders at least once a week with a pet-safe disinfectant.

Danny

21/06/2024

Bird Of The Week: The Nightingale

The Nightingale is a stark reminder of the state of birds in the UK – numbers have declined by around 91% in 40 years. Its iconic, sweet song rings out throughout the day and night during June: a fast succession of rich high and low notes.

You are more likely to hear this than actually see the bird, which loves hiding in thick bushes as it tantalises passers-by with its melody. Nightingales feed mainly on insects, mainly through foraging on the ground, and in particular, are partial to ants and beetles. And although these are available in our gardens, Nightingales never turn up in gardens. In Britain, Nightingale's favour scrub, often near water, and open or coppiced woodland.

If you would like to know more about this SPLENDID songster, check out their podcast episode free at:
https://ow.ly/PIyz50RgT9u

Danny

19/06/2024

June Badgers 🦡

By the end of June, most Badger cubs will be weaned and will now be foraging for food independently. The presence of Badgers can be divisive for gardeners, as they can easily wreck lawns. But all creatures are a precious and important part of the ecosystem.

Young badgers may thank you for leaving food out as they learn to feed independently. Specialist Badger food - like Wild Things Badger & Fox Food - and Great&Small Peanuts, both of which can be purchased at your local Pets Corner store, are good options… They’ll also like a little chopped apple!

Danny

17/06/2024

Invertebrate Food 🪱

In June you may see Dunnocks, Robins and Blackbirds nesting again, as they will often attempt a second brood.

For this they will need plenty of invertebrates for their chicks, so feeding foods like Peter & Paul Mealworm Mix and Peter & Paul Black Soldier Fly is incredibly important. Also, leaving your lawn unmown and hedges unclipped will help with this by making sure the insects have a place to live.

Danny

16/06/2024

HAPPY FATHER’S DAY!

As it’s the time of year when we thank fathers everywhere for the contribution they make to family life, I thought it fitting to celebrate one of nature’s most dedicated dads.

The male Great Crested Grebe shares full responsibility for feeding its babies and will even let them ride around on its back without the need for a baby sling. Well done that grebe!

Danny

14/06/2024

Bird Of The Week: The Spotted Flycatcher

Fast and agile, Spotted Flycatchers are one of the most enjoyable birds to watch in June as they dash into the air to catch passing moths, butterflies, damselflies and craneflies.

Spotted Flycatchers will VERY rarely eat food put out for them, and being insect eaters the only food that is likely to wet their appetite is Peter & Paul Mealworm Mix, Peter & Paul In Full Song and Peter & Paul Black Soldier Fly.

If you would like to know more about this FANTASTIC bird, check out their podcast free at:https://ow.ly/kuv250RgSYk

Have you been lucky enough to see a Spotted Flycatcher?

Danny

12/06/2024

Rutting Season for Stag Beetles 🪲

The stag beetle ‘rutting’ season kicks off in May and is in full swing until early July. Males do battle with fierce-looking serrated mandibles as they try to shove their rival aside, or even better, flip him upside-down. You’re more likely, however, to spot these magnificent 6–7cm beetles (Europe’s largest) as they clumsily buzz around in search of females.

Both sexes are lured to light and have a tendency to clang into lit windows or outside lights after dusk. Like many adult insects, they don’t live long, so you may also find their spent bodies. Most of their living, and most of their eating, took place underground as wood-munching grubs.

Danny

10/06/2024

Parent Birds

We are still in the busiest part of the breeding season during June, and while birds won’t be feeding their chicks from bird feeders, they may use them to feed themselves during this frantic time.

To help keep their energy levels up, the best thing to provide these busy parent birds is a decent quality general seed mix. Something like Peter & Paul Four Seasons or Peter & Paul Clean Plate. Both will not only keep birds in peak condition but will also attract a greater number and variety of birds to your garden.

Danny

07/06/2024

Bird Of The Week: The Kestrel…

Gentle, steady winds make June a perfect time for Kestrel fledglings to take to the air, learning the art of 'windhovering' over meadows of long grass, full of tasty voles.

Kestrels generally prefer open habitats like grassland, farmland and heathland, but can also be spotted in towns and villages. You can identify them by spotting them hovering with their pointed wings held out. They have the ability to keep their heads still while hovering like this - even in strong winds - helping them to pinpoint their prey by sight.

If you would like to know more about this AMAZING bird of prey, check out their podcast free at:
http://ow.ly/BEQo50Ok92U

Danny

05/06/2024

June Hedgehogs 🦔

June and July are the main months for Hoglets to be born, with Hedgehogs having on average a little of four or five young. It is essential not to disturb nesting Hedgehogs or the mother may abandon her Hoglets.

How you can help is to supplement their diet in the wild by offering Hedgehogs a good quality dry cat food. My recommendation would be the AMAZING Yora Cat food.

Yora is a insect-based food that, although designed for cats, would provide Hedgehogs with the optimal protein, fat and fibre levels. It also has a positive Ca:P ratio, ensuring that Hedgehogs won’t develop Metabolic Bone Disease. It is also a food that is MUCH better for the environment. If you would like to know more about Yora, check out their website: https://yorapets.com/uk/

Danny

03/06/2024

Feeding Garden Birds in June

June continues to be an important nesting month for birds. Many bird species will be gathering food for their chicks, then encouraging the youngsters to leave the nest for the first time.

Avoid cutting hedges and large shrubs between March and August to avoid disturbing nesting birds. Offer high-protein bird food sources to support hungry parent birds and their fledglings, such as Peter & Paul Mealworm Mix and Peter & Paul Black Soldier Fly.

Danny

01/06/2024

Wildlife Trust’s 30 Days Wild…

Each June, The Wildlife Trust challenges people to do one wild thing a day throughout the course of the month. From having breakfast outside to planting wildflowers and listening to birdsong, it’s a month to appreciate the beauty of nature around us.

You can sign up at the website below and receive a FREE pack either through the post or via email:

https://www.wildlifetrusts.org/30dayswild

Are you taking part?

Danny

31/05/2024

Bird of the week: Garden Warbler

A curiously named bird, Garden Warblers are not classically birds of most of our gardens. They are shy birds of bushy and tree filled country, often remaining concealed even when they betray themselves with their gorgeous bubbling song.

The Garden Warbler is a rare garden visitor and even rarer bird table feeder. If you are lucky enough to have them visit, your best chance of feeding them is on a low bird table stocked with the foods they prefer, and because they eat both insects and fruit, Peter & Paul In Full Song is going to be your best chance of tempting them.

If you'd like to know more about this SENSATIONAL bird, check out their podcast episode for free at: https://shorturl.at/hoCZ9

Danny

29/05/2024

Wildlife 🦡

Badger cubs will continue to emerge from their setts this month. You may be fortunate enough to see them searching for food after dark.

The Badger Trust does not recommend feeding badgers. You may enjoy attracting Badgers, but this could be problematic for others in your neighbourhood. If you feel like you want to feed them, a small handful of good quality wild bird peanuts (like the ones sold in Pets Corner stores) will suffice.

Do you have them visiting your garden?

Danny

27/05/2024

When It Comes To Seed Mixes, Buy The Best 🙌

Seed mixes are a great all-year round bird food but beware of buying cheaper bird food that may contain a lot of fillers such as wheat or oats which add little nutritional value. Instead choose seed mixes comprised of sunflower seeds and hearts, pinhead oats, millet, and kibbled peanuts, mixes like Peter & Paul Four Seasons and Peter & Paul Clean Plate.

Also available are nesting and fledgling bird food mixes which are packed with protein, and the essential vitamins and minerals needed for egg production and growing young birds, mixes like Peter & Paul Mealworm Mix.

Danny

24/05/2024

Bird of the week: Common Redstart

The Redstart gets its name from the constantly flickering, fiery-red tail, which the male fans out during courtship displays. He also sings and shows off a potential new nest to win a female’s affection.

They will occasionally come into and use garden feeders where they prefer: Peter & Paul Mealworm Mix, Peter & Paul In Full Song and Peter & Paul Mealworm Suet Pellets.

If you'd like to know more about this SENSATIONAL bird, check out their podcast episode for free at: http://ow.ly/O1Ie50Ngvat

Have you ever seen a Redstart?

Danny

22/05/2024

May Hedgehogs 🦔

May is the heart of Hedgehog breeding season, also known as ‘the rut’. The efforts by male Hedgehogs to entice females includes circling them and producing some very loud snorting noises!

To help Hedgehogs, it is always a good idea to leave a source of food and clean water. You can get specially designed Hedgehog foods but alternatively, YORA is an insect-based cat food that is an EXCELLENT food to feed at this time of year.

Have you got Hedgehogs visiting you in your garden?

Danny

20/05/2024

Garden Birds in May 🐣

May is the peak of the nesting season for many of our garden birds. It isn’t unusual to see our usual foods we feed snubbed for insect based foods, which is the best for growing chicks, but the adults will make occasional visits to top up their own reserves.

Be sure to take it easy on the mowing and trimming back at this time of year. Most birds feed their young insects, and wild parts of our gardens will provide the richest pickings.

Ideally you should be supplementing this food with live or dried mealworms (as long as they are pre-soaked), Peter & Paul Black Soldier Fly and also mixes that have been specially blended to help chicks and fledgling, foods like Peter & Paul Mealworm Mix.

Danny

17/05/2024

Bird of the week: Lesser Whitethroat

The Lesser Whitethroat is smaller than its cousin, the Common whitethroat, and sports dark cheek feathers that give it a 'mask’. They are best located by listening for its song, which can be heard between the end of April and beginning of June.

They may be tempted to a bird table with a little Peter & Paul In Full Song on it, but you would have to be VERY lucky.

If you'd like to know more about this shy, secretive, but SENSATIONAL bird, check out their podcast episode for free at: http://ow.ly/Qn2750NguXe

Have you ever seen a Lesser Whitethroat?

Danny

15/05/2024

Mayflies ✨

True to their name, Mayflies can emerge in great numbers this month. There are more than 50 different species of Mayfly in the UK. Look out for their cases on or around the water. Their adult life is extremely short-lived, although they do spend more time in their larval form.

Mayflies are typically found around lakes and rivers, but some species will breed in ponds. So, having a wildlife pond in your garden will certainly help attract them, as well as being a haven for many other creatures

Danny

13/05/2024

Helping Chicks & Fledglings

The breeding season is an especially important time of year feeding the birds. Adult birds use a huge amount of energy raising young and need all the extra food they can get.

But there are a couple of rules you need to follow. The first is DON’T feed whole peanuts during the breeding season, ensure they are broken up or if you are feeding them, they need to be served in a specialist peanut feeder so birds can only access small pieces.

The second rule is that insects like Mealworms and Black Soldier Fly are a perfect high-protein food for the breeding season. If you use dry Mealworms or Black Soldier Fly, soak them to soften before you serve.

Danny

10/05/2024

Bird of the week: Pied Flycatcher

At this time of year Pied Flycatchers return to the UK, the male taking up position in his woodland territory, to sing his beautiful song from the tree canopy, the dappled sunlight illuminating the pied plumage, as he flicks his wings and tail.

The Pied Flycatcher does exactly what is says on the tin: they are black and white, and they do catch flies, so if you would like to put a food out in your garden that they will enjoy, your best bet would be Peter & Paul In Full Song, placed on a bird table – although they would be a fairly rare garden visitor.

If you'd like to know more about this wonderful bird, check out their podcast episode for free at: https://ow.ly/vlLN50RgmGG

Have you ever seen a Pied Flycatcher?

Danny

08/05/2024

May Dragonflies ☀️

Adult dragonflies, in their flying form, have short life spans – somewhere between a few weeks and months. But their total lifecycle is much longer as they can spend several months, or years in some cases, as larvae living and feeding in the water. As they grow dragonfly larvae ‘moult’ repeatedly. On the final moult they arise from the water, their skin splits and their wings are released. You might start seeing them emerge this month.

Wildlife ponds in the garden are a fantastic way to support a wide variety of creatures, including dragonflies and damselflies

Have you got a wildlife pond in your garden?

Danny

06/05/2024

Nesting Birds In May 🪺

May is a key nesting month for many species of birds. You can continue to enjoy the joyful strains or birdsong all around when you stop and listen in the garden.

Try not to disturb nesting birds. Avoid cutting hedges and large shrubs between March and August, so as not to disturb any nesting species. Wild bird nests are protected by law under the Wildlife and Countryside Act of 1981, although this tends not to apply to garden hedges.

The other way to help is offer high-protein bird food sources to support breeding species, such as Peter & Paul Mealworm Mix.

Danny

05/05/2024

Hedgehog Awareness Week…

Today is the start of the British Hedgehog Preservation Society’s Hedgehog Awareness Week. The annual Hedgehog Awareness Week, highlights some of the challenges faced by UK Hedgehog populations and how we can help them in our gardens.

If you would like to know more about this week, Hedgehogs and the AMAZING work of the British Hedgehog Preservation Society, check out their website here: https://www.britishhedgehogs.org.uk/

Danny

03/05/2024

Bird Of the Week: Turtle Dove

The gentle ‘turr turr’ of a Turtle Dove, coming from deep inside a hawthorn tree or hedgerow, was until recently a classic sound of the countryside. Sadly this summer migrant has almost disappeared from Britain, due largely to hunting in the Mediterranean and the loss of weedy fields.

Turtle Doves enjoy seed mixes like Peter & Paul Clean Plate, Peter & Paul Four Seasons and especially Peter & Paul Vivid Colour in the garden.

If you'd like to know more about this wonderful bird, check out their podcast episode for free at: https://ow.ly/KYRy50Rgmpe

Have you ever seen a Turtle Dove?

Danny

01/05/2024

Feeding Garden Birds in May 🌱

By now resident Blackbirds and Robins have most likely had their first brood. While the streamlined silhouettes of summer visitors, such as Swallows and House Martins, continue to brighten our blue spring sky.

April was an amazing month that just keeps getting better into May. So, let's continue feeding our feathered friends the best food we can and see what this month has in store. Who's excited?

If you would like to know more about why birds need our help at this time of year and advise on what you should be feeding, pour yourself a cup of tea, put your feet up and have a listen to this Peter & Paul Special podcast:https://ow.ly/UFYp50Rgmej

Danny

29/04/2024

April Nesting 🪺

If you are able to spy birds carrying twigs, feathers or moss, or food, there is a good chance there is a breeding attempt going on nearby. Whatever species of bird you have in your garden, you will see them finding various nesting material around your garden. T**s will choose the softest nesting materials they can find – dog or cat hair, dried grass, fluffy seed heads (such as Old Man’s Beard) and even cobwebs!

Robins build their nests from equally soft materials and moss. Pigeons, on the other hand, will put a few twigs together for their young to nest in. However your garden visitors choose to build their nests, I recommend giving them a helping hand by leaving out some suitable nesting materials in the garden. It is also important, so they can keep up their energy levels, to provide HIGH quality foods…. Foods like Peter & Paul Four Seasons and Peter & Paul Clean Plate.

Danny

26/04/2024

Bird of the Week: Swift

The swift arrives in the UK in April and leaves again in September to winter in Africa. A late spring arrival, the swift is an almost entirely aerial bird. The slender tail and scythe-like wings form a bow and arrow shape when it is in the air. It flies fast and high with deep wing beats interspersed with soaring glides and emits a screeching whistle as it dashes about in groups.

Swifts are globally threatened, with big declines in breeding populations and ranges. If you would like to know more about how to help this SENSATIONAL bird, check out their podcast episode free at: https://ow.ly/XtVb50QWwsQ

Have you been lucky enough to see a Swift yet?

Danny

24/04/2024

April Badgers 🦡

Badger cubs are typically born between late January and early March. They will spend the first two months of their lives underground in their sett, emerging from late April into May. An average litter size is two or three cubs, of which only one is likely to survive to maturity.

If you have badgers visiting your garden, they can make fascinating guests. Their presence produces a wide and varied response from gardeners; some consider them a nuisance as they may root up flower bulbs, eat fruit and vegetables, and dig up lawns.

But if you enjoy seeing badgers in your garden, there's a range of suitable foods that you can put out, but top of that list would be an insect-based dry dog food like Yora. If you would like to know more about Yora Pet Food, check out their website at: https://yorapets.com/uk/

Danny

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🌳Peter & Paul Clean Plate can be fed from the ground, bird tables, tube feeder or even tree stumps! If you're new to bird feeding it's easy to sprinkle some feed across various points in your garden and watch nature flourish. 🦉 Let me know what you see! 🔍 Danny