Help a bird | Montgomeryshire Wildlife Trust

Arctic Tern chick copyright Gillian Day

Arctic Tern chick © Gillian Day

Help a bird

Found a baby bird?

Every year, thousands of 'orphaned' birds are picked up by well-meaning people, but many of these birds would have been better left in the wild. Before getting involved, please work through the RSPCA's excellent flowchart below.

RSPCA baby bird out of the nest

There is more information on what to do when you find a baby bird on the RSPCA website.

Injured birds

For advice on what to do with an injured bird, click here.

Help birds in your garden

birds in garden illustration

How to feed birds in your garden

Find out how to attract birds into your garden all year round.

bird box

How to build a bird box

With natural nesting sites in decline, adding a nestbox to your garden can make all the difference to your local birds.

How to make a shrub garden for wildlife

How to make a shrub garden for wildlife

Woody shrubs and climbers provide food for wildlife, including berries, fruits, seeds, nuts leaves and nectar-rich flowers. So why not…

Explore Montgomeryshire's birds

252 bird species have been recorded in Montgomeryshire. Use the links below to discover some of those birds, or click here to browse the Species Explorer.

Pied flycatcher male

Pied flycatcher

The pied flycatcher is a summer visitor, migrating here from West Africa to breed. Look for this small, black-and-white bird in woodland…

Redstart

Redstart

A summer visitor to the UK, the red-tailed redstart is a robin-sized bird that can be spotted in woodlands, parks and hedgerows, mainly…

Wood warbler

Wood warbler

Look for the wood warbler singing from the canopy of oak woodlands in the north and west of the UK. Green above, it has a distinctive,…

Tree sparrow

Tree sparrow

A scarce and declining bird, the tree sparrow can be spotted on farmland and in woodlands; it is not an urban bird in the UK. It has a…

Kingfisher

Kingfisher

Blink and you may miss the fantastic kingfisher! This beautiful bird is easy to recognise thanks to its bright blue and metallic copper…

Dipper

Dipper

The chocolate-brown, plump dipper can often be seen bobbing up and down on a stone in a fast-flowing river. It feeds on underwater…

Curlew

Curlew

The eerie, 'cur-lee' call of the curlew is a recognisable sound of wet grasslands, moorlands, farmland and coasts. Its long,…

Lapwing

Lapwing

The distinctive rounded wings of the lapwing are displayed beautifully when it wheels around a winter sky in a massive flock. In spring…

Red kite on ground

Red kite

Seeing a red kite soaring high in the sky is a true delight! Once a very rare bird, thanks to successful reintroduction projects these…