Make your own homemade Bird Treats

Keep your garden birds happy this winter, with you home made bird treats.

To make 2lb 3oz/1 kg

• 12oz/340g lard
• 16 tablespoons sesame seeds
• 16 tablespoons hulled sunflower seeds
• 16 tablespoons crushed biscuits
• 6 tablespoons raisins
• 4 tablespoons peanut butter

Using a double boiler, melt the lard over a low heat. Leave it to cool down and then transfer to a medium-size bowl. Mix in the sesame and sunflower seeds, biscuit crumbs and raisins, and then add the peanut butter and stir well until combined. Let the mixture harden overnight.

To use, place the mixture in a standard bird feeder or hang it in a piece of coarse netting, which allows the birds to reach it.