I had previously only seen 2 goldfinches for 5mins on a hanging feeder at my previous home but I moved house in 2018 and seem to have a great spot now to encourage many beautiful birds into the garden. I had a small niger seed feeder hanging last year and started to notice goldfinches visiting and the more feeders I bought and hung the more arrived!! At the peak in prob August we had 50-60 down at one time But they do seem very wasteful and messy I'm sweeping up a pile of seeds every couple of days! They've now moved on to the sunflower hearts and are doing the same
Here's what I've had in the garden so far;
Goldfinch
Blue/Coal and Great Tit
Chaffinch
Dunnock
Wren
Robin
Black Cap
Green Finch
Thrush
Blackbirds
Magpie
Starling
We built an outdoor aviary couple of months back to protect the small birds and feeders and primarily to keep starlings out...however they still get in through the 2" mesh which is a bit frustrating and disappointing but they can't really manage the feeders in there and it's definitely not messy now
Look forward to reading your banter...x