EATING ELSE WHERE

Poppy bought me a Glodfinch feeder for Christmas. They've not touched it yet, still feeding from the Burdock seed heads out the back.

 

There hasn't been any difference in the number of birds visiting my garden really. During prolonged very cold spells with snow I always get more birds and a few different species than normal but I think that's to be expected.

 

My garden seems quite empty of birds this year. Except pigeons, magpies and black bird. However I did have a woodpecker come and visit yesterday.

Rusty

 

Many years ago our main birds here were Starlings but now we hardly see any - but travelling a few miles last week to Sydenham Sainsbury's - their car park was full of them. Still seeing plenty of tits here - (great and blue - seem to fly and feed together - sometimes accompanied by long-tails) but none are interested in our nesting box - hasn't been used since we replaced it a couple of years ago (the other one had split down the back) Also have a pair of Robins - I have in the past been "bombed" by Robins (as in they fly at my head flicking my hair) - either because I haven't fed them enough mealworms or they don't like the music on my ipod - haven't worked out which yet .

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This time last year we had Goldfinches, Siskins, Redpolls and a couple of Song Thrushes as well as the Sparrows, Chaffinches, Doves, Dunnocks, Blackbirds etc.
This Winter just Sparrows, Blackbirds, Dunnocks and a few Starlings and they scarpered pretty quick yesterday when a Sparrow hawk appeared on the greenhouse roof!

 

I had a niger seed feeder, filled it, and filled it with fresh, again and again, gave up when the packet was empty. When walking Maddie before Christmas in the field behind me, I saw about 10 goldfinches fly up, but they are very seldom seen in my garden.

 

Yes but I've been feeding the birds for many years and in that time there's been snow and sometimes it's even lasted for longer than a day!!