Winter is peak bird-feeding season, and it's tempting to toss leftover food scraps into your garden for hungry birds. The problem is that birds will eat pretty much anything you leave out, even if it's harmful to them. While traditional bird foods like seed mixes, sunflower hearts, and suet balls are perfectly safe, plenty of common household foods can actually hurt and even kill garden birds.

The items that seem harmless (like bread, fat, even certain fruits) can cause serious health issues for species like robins, blue tits, and starlings. Before you clear out your kitchen leftovers into the bird feeder, here are seven foods you should never offer to birds in your garden.

1. Bread

You've probably heard not to feed bread to ducks, and the same rule applies to garden birds. Species like

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