Any keen bird feeders out there?

Ken68

Do they eat courgettes , have millions

Eenymeeny

We've just installed one of those see through plastic feeders (flat backed) on a trellis near the window. The birds are loving it and ignoring the hanging feeder they used previously. We reckon that they feel more secure as it's stable and can scan the whole area while feeding. One reason to look forward to winter, their antics can keep me amused for ages!

chickaroonee

Ken68 wrote: »

Do they eat courgettes , have millions

Sorry I don't know! The fussy !!!!!!s in our garden probably wouldn't, they don't eat tomatoes/blackcurrants or bananas, only grapes..

How lovely eenymeeny. What are you feeding them, just seeds?

chickaroonee

OOh that makes me look like I swore very badly! I just said bu**rs , didn't realise that was so naughty

paulineb_2

You can order seed in bulk online if its too expensive elsewhere. Poundstretcher also do bird seed. I feed my local crows and seagulls, also starlings, blackbirds, pigeons. Seagulls will eat bread, pasta, noodles. I got a massive box of noodles from approved foods and thats been keeping them going nicely for a while.

I feed birds all year round, not just in the winter.

chickaroonee

I was very excited to see 13 sparrows (including a few juveniles) in our hedge yesterday. There were about 6 sparrows in our garden in the winter, so they are doing well raising their young. It was great to see and we had about 8 on the feeders at once.

Ken68

Here the starlings come back to the same nest every year then the swifts take over same nest and then the sparrows use it, presumably for the winter. My neighbour often hears them moving the furniture.
And for several years we had house martins making their mud pies in the eves.

flossie217

I had 2 goldcrests as regular visitors last winter, had never seen one before. I'm hoping they will be back this coming winter.
I find Wilkinsons to be the cheapest where I am. Just bought a bag of Pets at Home brand and they don't like it as much.
I saw a late sparrow fledgling being fed in the garden today.
Earlier this year I was lucky enough to watch a spotted woodpecker sticking its head out of the tree and being fed by its parents. I had to go back every day to have a look. Beautiful.

jenie_2

We get the occasional great spotted woodpecker on our bird feeder, hacking away at the fat balls, they are a really beautiful bird. We regularly get sparrows, starlings, robins, great tits, blue tits, long tailed tits and chaffinches, also ground feeding birds such as blackbirds, mistle thrushes, ring necked doves and wood pigeons. Only last
night we were stood in the pitch dark of our back garden listening to owls twit-towooing, didn't see them though.
I have to say the most exciting bird to visit our garden was a sparrowhawk last winter, it sat on our back fence for about 20 mins, none of us dare move to get the camera in case it flew off.

chickaroonee

I would love to see a woodpecker and a sparrowhawk! Must've been fab.

We've got about 3 or 4 sparrow fledglings here, keep putting out worms for them which are being devoured!