Wondering where your garden birds have gone, or whether to clean out your nestbox?
Charlotte Ambrose from the RSPB’s Wildlife Enquiries team answers the common questions asked about nature in October, and also reveals what “putty pecking” is…
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Interesting - I've had feeders out since June and they've been quite busy the last few weeks, in a quite small back yard/garden. Plenty of goldfinch, greenfinch, blue, great & coal tits, dunnocks and the odd robin, plus a patrolling sparrowhawk at least a couple of times. Coal tits have been taking sunflower hearts to cache elsewhere. I think some of the blackbirds are off in the woods getting natural food though. I'm sure I had several visiting but maybe down to two at the moment.
Sounds like you are one of the lucky ones Jigbuster!