Mealworms
Dried mealworms, the protein your robin has been waiting for. The nearest thing to natural food a bag can hold.
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About our mealworms
Mealworms are the food that turns a visiting robin into a resident. Nothing else in garden feeding is as close to what birds actually hunt - soft-bodied, protein-dense grubs - and the response shows it: robins learn a mealworm routine within days, blackbirds and dunnocks patrol the tray, wrens dart in for their share, and tits carry pieces away to whichever hedge the family is in. Protein earns its keep year-round but pays best in spring, when parent birds work dawn to dusk and chicks need soft animal food above all else - at that season, soak dried mealworms in warm water for half an hour so they are plump and easy for small beaks. Dried mealworms keep for months in a sealed tub, cost a fraction of live ones and suit dishes, tables, ground trays and dome feeders. Serve a small handful at the same time each morning; the schedule is half the magic. Free UK delivery over £20.
Mealworms - FAQs
Should I soak dried mealworms?
In nesting season, yes - half an hour in warm water plumps them so parents can feed chicks safely. The rest of the year birds take them dry without any fuss.
Which birds eat mealworms?
Robins famously lead the queue, with blackbirds, dunnocks, wrens and the tit family close behind. If you want one bird tamer and closer, mealworms are the food that does it.
How should mealworms be served?
In a smooth-sided dish, on a table or in a ground tray - a dome cover keeps starlings from clearing the lot. Put out what disappears in a day and keep the dish rinsed.
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