A gardening expert has suggested that birds will flock to your garden this month if you hang certain things from trees. The winter months are a tough time for animals as they huddle down for the winter and try to survive when the mercury plummets.

However, there are things people can do to support local wildlife that visit their gardens. Posting on the GrowVeg YouTube channel, presenter Benedict said there were a couple of ways to entice more birds, like robins, into one’s garden. Among the tips he suggested included hanging a coconut from a tree and putting inside it some special ingredients.

Benedict explained: “During the colder months our birds really need our help and they especially like high fatty foods, really energy foods to keep them warm. Something like these suet fat

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