– Place the pieces near a shrub or hedge: robins like to observe before approaching. – Offer only a small amount at a time and remove any leftovers before they mold. – Be patient. This little bird is curious, but cautious. Once it recognizes the spot as safe, it will return regularly.
The right time to start feeding
Be careful, there’s no need to turn your garden into a canteen in the first days of September. Experts recommend waiting until the first frosts, generally between November and March, when natural resources become truly scarce.
For the rest of the year, the best thing to do is make your garden naturally inviting. A few fallen leaves left in a corner, a hedge of berry bushes, a slightly wild nook… What you perceive as clutter, the robin sees as a veritable larder. Under that little pile of leaves? Insects galore.
The essential element that we always forget: water
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