Inspired to feed the birds

Hi Simon, welcome to the forum from Cornwall! Nice to hear you want to feed your garden birds. I started feeding garden birds 6yrs ago-for me  it took a while to find what best suited my garden and surrounding habitat. I live on the edge of town on a modern housing development which has fields and woodland nearby-I get birds such as Sparrows,Tits, Robins,Magpies,Chaffinch,Jackdaw,Woodpigeon and Blackbirds. Sparrows/small birds like cover for safety from predators,and the magpies and other birds I mentioned seem to prefer to feed in the open on the ground. The setup in my garden is I have 1 feeding pole close to laurel/conifer bushes for the small birds with seed,fatballs,peanuts,suet pellets. A 2nd feeding pole for the magpies etc with open feeding trays, and a ground feeding tray used by the woodpigeons,collared doves. I scatter crumbled fat balls, suet pellets,mealworms & currants on the grass in the open for the magpies,jackdaws,crows etc and some under the bushes on the edge of the garden for the Blackbirds. It's advised to provide water for drinking/bathing too.

I'm not suggesting you go to these lengths,(takes me at least 1/2hr or longer each day to maintain the regime I've established),but I hope it gives you some ideas.I would see what you attract and go from there -beware it can be addictive though,lol! I'm sure other forum members will offer their advice and experiences too.

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Good luck, jayne

You'd be surprised what birds you can attract in a town, or small space.Look forward to seeing what you get - it can sometimes take a little while for birds to find and gain confidence to use your feeders,so worth bearing that in mind too

Jayne

I guessed that would be the case! I had a woodpigeon earlier that took some nuts and a blackbird was having a look but didnt venture to the feeders he sat on the fence checking it out!