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I don't but P does, I only feed them if P is indisposed.
In the past we have had hanging feeders with peanuts, fat balls, sunflower hearts and niger seeds, but all these were decimated by grey squirrels so we had to stop. Now that nextdoor has removed all their trees we don't seem to be inundated with greys, so it might be an idea to try hanging feeders again.
Nowadays we have two 'tables' barricaded against the bigger birds, pigeons, blackbirds, etc
A very ancient, much repaired from squirrel and woodpecker damage, purpose built, covered bird table on a post clad with plastic fascia stuff (to stop squirrel climbing up), with an upended bucket (ditto). P has put mesh round to allow the little ones in but stop the greedy blackbirds. He's also put some baffles against the the wind and rain. The little ones don't seem to mind the modifications, in fact some are so brazen to enter the house when P is trying to replenish it.
A second feeding station is very Heath Robinson. It's built on top of a water butt, outside our bedroom window, purely for robins. The tits sometimes enter but prefer the house. It's very handy for birdwatching from bed
He feeds them fat pellets, peanuts and dried mealworms from Home Bargains.
We get great tits, blue tits, robins, longtails, chaffinch, sparrows and dunnocks. Seasonally we get warblers, blackcap, goldcrest and the occasional goldfinch. The pigeons, collared doves, blackbirds, thrushes and pheasants tend to clean up the ground underneath.
In the past we have had hanging feeders with peanuts, fat balls, sunflower hearts and niger seeds, but all these were decimated by grey squirrels so we had to stop. Now that nextdoor has removed all their trees we don't seem to be inundated with greys, so it might be an idea to try hanging feeders again.
Nowadays we have two 'tables' barricaded against the bigger birds, pigeons, blackbirds, etc
A very ancient, much repaired from squirrel and woodpecker damage, purpose built, covered bird table on a post clad with plastic fascia stuff (to stop squirrel climbing up), with an upended bucket (ditto). P has put mesh round to allow the little ones in but stop the greedy blackbirds. He's also put some baffles against the the wind and rain. The little ones don't seem to mind the modifications, in fact some are so brazen to enter the house when P is trying to replenish it.
A second feeding station is very Heath Robinson. It's built on top of a water butt, outside our bedroom window, purely for robins. The tits sometimes enter but prefer the house. It's very handy for birdwatching from bed
He feeds them fat pellets, peanuts and dried mealworms from Home Bargains.
We get great tits, blue tits, robins, longtails, chaffinch, sparrows and dunnocks. Seasonally we get warblers, blackcap, goldcrest and the occasional goldfinch. The pigeons, collared doves, blackbirds, thrushes and pheasants tend to clean up the ground underneath.
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