Wildbird Food?

chunkymunky_3

Im really lucky in that i live only a birds flight from an RSPB wetland centre, and they have huge bins of seed, fruit, nuts etc etc etc which can be bought by weight, and really surprisingly its the cheapest in the area too, then i collect the dripping from the sunday roast and my mums and my mother in laws, and mix my own fat mixture which i pack into half a coconut with a hole drilled for hanging!

if im feeling generous and have spare cash i make an extra one with just dripping and mealworms, which Percy loves and only he seems to visit
Percy by the way is the Robin which lives in the nesting box in my garden, hes been coming back for years and i can set my watch by him coming for breakfast!

He also likes to sit on the fence watching me dig so he can eat anything nice i uncover, never offers to help dig though!

peter_the_piper

My aviary birds seem extra picky and don't eat all in their mix so we sieve it, remove any duff bits and recycle this. We also sell peanuts so get them cheap. Garden is full of birds except when the sparrowhawk flies through.

susieb

I've had to peanut holders up for 2 weeks, but the birds dont seem interested at all. I've put one on a willow playhouse and the other on a bird table, but they just arent bothered, they would rather have the bread on the ground.

newleaf

Susieb, they need a bit of time to get used to new feeders, they are always nervous at first. If you keep filling them they will eventually start using them.

Jake'sGran

susieb wrote: »

I've had to peanut holders up for 2 weeks, but the birds dont seem interested at all. I've put one on a willow playhouse and the other on a bird table, but they just arent bothered, they would rather have the bread on the ground.

I used to put peanuts out in hangers but they ignored them and they were always mouldy when I threw them away. Strange thing is, my daughter only uses peanuts and gets lot of nice birds.

floyd

I got some tubs of dried mealworms from Home and Bargain the other day and they were very cheap and my robin loves them. I order floor scatter seed from Noahs Ark garden centre http://www.noahsarkgardens.co.uk/ as they sell one that has been rolled so it won't germinate and it contains insects so the blackbirds love it.
I have recently started putting out a niger seed feeder and we get at least 30 goldfinches and greenfinches all visiting together.