Wrens

[poppie]

Is there anything you can put out for wrens to feed on?

We have several in the garden, and I know they are very susceptible in this very cold weather.

I've never seen them feeding with the other birds, and not sure what they eat.

[Lindsay-c]

Not sure about seeds or anything but a Wren's diet consists of insects so perhaps dried or live mealworms would be a good choice...

or even put something out in the garden which will attract insects ? like colourful flowers or a piece of fruit like some apple (which the other birds may also enjoy)...

[minkhunter]

Not sure what they eat, but last winter I had a wren roost where up to 20 wrens were flying in at dusk and disappearing into the same hole just underneath the gutters. They only seem to do it on frosty nights and aren't using the same bit this year.

[Elizabeth B]

I've found finely grated mild cheese is popular with wrens, and they certainly take live mealworms - a few years one came regularly to take them from a shelf right outside the dining room window. Our birds ignore re-hydrated dried mealworms - I decided to try them as an alternative to live ones (in case I was late in ordering a fresh supply), but now I'm using them up when I make a new supply of fat blocks.

I scatter small amounts of grated cheese on the ground in quiet corners of the garden - I've never seen a wren feeding with the other birds.

[poppie]

thanks for your suggestions - we have ivy outside the lounge window, which seems to be home to a large number of sparrows and a couple of wrens.

Will try and get some mealworms and try grated cheese on the window ledge

[faz]

wrens eat insects so mealworms ,ant eggs, maggots ,etc will be devoured by them welcome to WAB

[Elizabeth B]

Originally Posted by poppie

Will try and get some mealworms and try grated cheese on the window ledge

We were very surprised ro see a wren so near the window - but it just shows how tempting mealworms are. It might be better to choose one or two quiet places on the ground for the cheese.

[Harold Smith]

Originally Posted by faz

wrens eat insects so mealworms ,ant eggs, maggots ,etc will be devoured by them welcome to WAB

Wrens love all of those. Make sure you spread them out along fence bottoms, hedges and shrubbery. Wrens like to forage. If you put them all in one place the Robins and Blackbirds will scoff the lot, unless the Starlings get there first then nobody will get a look in.

Harold.

[Kayleigh]

You could also spike a piece of banana onto a twig they seem to like this.

[actionfinch]

i see our wren around the edge of my frozen pond.. i scatter some ground mix and dried mealworms and robin mix and suets pellets...( i mix it in a container and put it out on the ground and the tables i have...
On my days off i see it come down around the pond, i cant confirm whether or not it eats the small seeds or not... i keep putting it out...