Crushing peanuts
The RSPB says we shouldn't offer whole peanuts in an open feeder, because small birds may try to swallow them whole and choke. So, how can I make peanuts available to birds that can't cling on to the recommended metal mesh feeders? Does anyone supply good quality broken peanuts? I'm currently buying whole peanuts and laboriously crushing them by hand, a few at a time in a pestle and mortar. Is there any alternative?
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https://www.gardenbird.co.uk/wild-bird-peanut-granules.html
I see they also do peanut splits:-
https://www.gardenbird.co.uk/peanut-splits.html
Wisdom is not putting it in a fruit salad.
Our peanut feeder is metal holey one with a saucer on the base so most birds can get at them. You can put a perch on most, even mesh ones if you get a thin garden twig or wood skewer like chop stick or kebab type, to push through the whole feeder? Or a more permanent perch of some kind?
If I ever get round to making my own fat balls or bird pastry https://ww2.rspb.org.uk/community/wildlife/f/14005/p/114542/916970.aspx#916970 I add them to that as well.