Wildlife experts say you can feed garden birds leftover cooked pasta – here are the surprising benefits

Great tit in garden.

Did you know that you can feed birds cooked pasta? Neither did I.

So when I was browsing the internet, working out what to feed birds at this time of the year, I was stunned by the suggestion on the RSPCA’s website. Cooked pasta is among the food scraps that get the nod of approval from the animal charity – and there are more benefits to the carbs than I realised.