Feeding robin .

alfmurph

Have positioned garden pot full of compost under a tree trunk to feed robin seeds dailly .    -----     Unfortunately neighbours pigeons have discovered the hiding place .    -------     How to keep them away any ideas .

singhini

Try robin friendly feeder or scatter the food in anumber of places. Also think about feeding early in the morning when Robins are more active and pigeons less so.

I personally fill an empty plastic takeaway food container and scatter that across a 4-6 foot area and let them all have a bit (Wrens, Robins, Crows, Blackbirds, Pigeons, Jackdaws, Magpies). 

12.5kg bag of seed from B&M £6.49   (lasts about 3 weeks)

PS dont forget to stick a bowl or two of water out aswell 

Thanks for feeding the wildlife 👍 

Sapindus

I had a window feeder for my robin.  After a while if it was empty he would sit and stare at me.  Then it got to the point that when I put my hand out to fill it up, he would be there before I'd shut the window.  So shortly after that I had him coming to my hand.

I say "he" because in the breeding season Mrs Robin would sit in the tree and wait for him to bring her treats.  She wouldn't come to my hand.

I fed them suet nibbles.  Never had a problem with pigeons coming to the window feeder.

twopenny

Try mealworms. Robins naturally eat worms and bugs that's why they follow you round the garden when you're disturbing stuff.
I pigeon proofed the bird table by putting a bit of fleece making the entrance smaller reducing the pigeon getting in.
Also a block of fat with mealworms.

The pigeons then will clear up any dropped seed so you don't get rats.

This is a good site 
https://www.woodlandtrust.org.uk/blog/2019/12/what-do-robins-eat/

p00hsticks

Yes, I was also going to recommend mealworms

Dustyevsky

We have hanging feeders of different types offering a variety of food, ranging from tiny niger seed to peanuts and fat balls. The pigeons and doves never try to eat from those. They do, however, make themselves useful, cleaning-up after the smaller birds. Robins swing both ways, on the feeders and the ground.

Slinky

Don't forget to soak mealworms before feeding them to the birds. Dried ones will cause dehydration.

Lorian

Robins love sunflower kernels too. Expensive nowadays but he bullies me if I don't buy them.

Slinky

Loads of birds like sunflower hearts. We get blue, great, coal and long tailed t-its, dunnocks, gold finches, green finches, robins, blackbirds on our feeders, with bigger birds clearing up anything that gets dropped.