Hand Rearing Baby Birds

I am getting an amazing number of hits from people searching for information on how to hand rear, raise and look after baby birds, nestlings and fledglings. Blackbirds and Jackdaws seem to be the most common query.

If you have come here looking for information on how to look after an abandoned nestling, or if you are looking for info on hand rearing a baby bird please go to the following bird rescue site:

http://www.birdrescue.org/main.html

The above site should give you all the information you are looking for.

If you have found a young bird in your garden which appears to be abandoned by it's parents, the RSPB and BTO recommend that you leave the bird alone. The parents will probably be close-by watching. Also, it's not unusual for baby birds to spend the first day or two on the ground. If you feel the bird is in danger from a predator (a cat, for example) you could move it a short distance into some cover (a shrub border). You mustn't move the young bird too far as it needs to be within calling distance of it's parents - remember, the parent bird may well know where the baby bird is and if you move it too far the parent may not be able to relocate it.