What works in my garden is putting in the bird feeders a mix of ordinary budgie seed (for the sparrows and finches etc) obtainable at all pet shops mixed with sunflower seeds (for all the tits). There is no point in putting wild bird seed in feeders as most of it is suitable only for pigeons.
Great post, thank you for sharing! I enjoyed your tips about the seeds! funnily rnough I have two bird feeds, and a little bird bath in my garden.. I was forever trying to attract the littles of birds, including blue tits and robins, however, I only ever got pigeons until I started putting all different sorts of seeds in my bird feeder. Now I get all sorts of birds, and I am forever putting out bread for the pigeons to keep them away from the bird feeder. I don't want them to scare of the littler birds.
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I put out a net of peanuts last year but didn't see a single bird interested in it! We have a few cats which come into our garden and have a cat of our own but i put the net where the cats couldn't get to it. I've just put a fat ball out next to the nuts to see what happens, any ideas how to encourage the birds to try them out?
have brought a nyjer feeder,within minutes of filling it up and putting it out i had birds feeding from it and this morning i saw my very first goldfinch [i think thats what its called] im very very pleased... now my sisters gonna buy this type of feeder. cant believe ive got another type of bird in my garden,so thank you people for all your helpfully advice..does anyone know how i can encourage the owls into my garden? i hear them most evenings but have no idea how to get them into my garden.
well i maybe lucky as i back onto woods and also just to the side of the woods is a farm with loads of land/meadow,i also have mice nesting in my shed but i dont really want the owls to eat them so i guess i will have to be patient and watch to see them...[hopefully 1 day].
I live in suffolk and the blue tits are not eating fat balls?nuts etc i can hear them on the trees at the end of the garden, but not in our trees, we did have a sparrowhawk last year which ate a pidgeon, and get a few magpies any ideas how to tempt them back ??
Why no sparrows,I have a flock of starlings, collered dove, two blue or great tits, robin and a wren.But no sparrows does any one know why.I live on Perton near wolverhampton
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cant believe ive got another type of bird in my garden,so thank you people for all your helpfully advice..does anyone know how i can encourage the owls into my garden? i hear them most evenings but have no idea how to get them into my garden.