Hi all,
I placed winter bird food in my garden with fresh water and I had regular visitors or Robins, wrens and dunnocks usually.
However, Ravens have now discovered the bird food and come everyday bur the other birds are nowhere to be seen which is a real shame.
.I've placed wildburd seed mix, suet cakes with mealworm, suet logs and peanut mix. As its winter and I want to help them eat and drink. I've also placed holly Bush too and sprinkled bird feed under my tree and in planters too for the wrens
I'm not sure if I should dispose of the suet cake and logs as irs been almost 2 weeks plus its raining quite heavily where I live in East London. I'm going to change the seed mix and peanuts.
Can anyone advise me how I can encourage these sweet little birds to return please because I think the Ravens have really intimidated them..
This is my first time attracting birds into my garden.
Thank you
Daniera x
Pete
Birding is for everyone no matter how good or bad we are at it,enjoy it while you can
Daniera,
Something specifically like the RSPB's Guardian feeders/Ground sanctuaries could be tried (the ground ones being for e.g. the Dunnocks). I haven't tried the RSPB's brand myself but they have a potential of deterrence - at least for a period of time. If you're still using the mixed seed mix then the cheap versions of these can encourage larger birds - you could try ones that are made with smaller birds in mind (or not use mixes at all and use straight seeds). If the peanuts are loose (as opposed to being in a dedicated mesh feeder) then they could be a factor in bringing in the bigger birds too. As a last resort, you could even try to provide food on the ground for the crows/pigeons in a different part of the garden, away from a feeding station for the smaller birds.