feeding the birds

[Levo-Lon]

I spend a lot on bird foods and various bird things,i like seeing them in the garden..

Cheap fat mix..coconut halves filled with seed and anything they like and just add warmed up lard..leave to set..watch ,enjoy
they go mad for it..cheap feed..

 

[Levo-Lon]

Cheers @User9609 ..
I fill them so the fat hopefully stays in place..but this mild weather is just seed...and nuts etc.
i use the fat balls mostely..the home mades are for cold days..i wok a lot of ground up bread and stirfry in oil..they like that on a cold day too..

 

[twentysix by twentyfive]

What species do you get @meta lon ?

 

[Pro Tour Punditry]

I had heard that Miss Goodbody likes @Fnaar's fat balls

 

[Levo-Lon]

What species do you get @meta lon ?

Im lucky that my area is sort of rural and lots of established trees and hedgerows
regular visitors..
blue tits
great tits
cole tits..long tailed now and again
sparrows
blavk birds
crows
goldfinch
starlings
wren
robins
green finch
siskins
doves and pigeons galore..and squirrels...
sparrow hawk...
magpie
gulls in very cold weather..
a few more but i feed a good variety to attract them..
i had a Hawfinch a while ago ,a first..
green wood peckers..and lesser ,wagtails..now and again
bull finches fieldfare thrush and even waxwings have been around but this is a now and again thing..

mate whos a big birder had a Red Pole yesterday..we do get black caps now and then

 

[Dayvo]

I used to like doing that, but here in Norway there is a prolificacy of magpies and they keep the other, smaller song birds at bay. I use a catapult sometimes to try and scare them away, which temporarily works and gives me a small amount of pleasure.

Also there are a lot of cats (including ours) in the 'hood, so I don't want to hand them easy prey/sport.

 

[twentysix by twentyfive]

Brilliant List @meta lon. Jealous of Hawfinch and Lesser Spotted Woody. I get the Greater Spotted and the Green. Lessers are pretty unusual these days. Haven't seen any Siskins this season.

Oh BTW - what's a Red Cap?

 

[rich p]

Red Cap

Redwing?

 

[Glow worm]

Redwing?

We had a lesser redpoll a couple of winters back - perhaps it was one of those if not redwing.

 

[Markymark]

I had heard that Miss Goodbody likes @Fnaar's fat balls

She prefers my twelve finches though.

 

[Fnaar]

I had heard that Miss Goodbody likes @Fnaar's fat balls

Im lucky that my area is sort of rural and lots of established trees and hedgerows
regular visitors..
blue tits
great tits
coal tits.

Lordy, where do I begin?
I once bagged a wayward shag on Miss Goodbody's trimmed bush.

 

[rich p]

Lordy, where do I begin?
I once bagged a wayward shag on Miss Goodbody's trimmed bush.

Your devotion to the cause does you immense credit, mate!

 

[biggs682]

Lordy, where do I begin?
I once bagged a wayward shag on Miss Goodbody's trimmed bush.

omg i just cant no i just wont reply i like this forum too much to be banned

 

[Levo-Lon]

Brilliant List @meta lon. Jealous of Hawfinch and Lesser Spotted Woody. I get the Greater Spotted and the Green. Lessers are pretty unusual these days. Haven't seen any Siskins this season.

Oh BTW - what's a Red Cap?

lol sorry Red Pole...too man caps
Not sure if it was a lesser?
http://www.rspb.org.uk/discoverandenjoynature/discoverandlearn/birdguide/name/l/lesserredpoll/

 

[Levo-Lon]

Lordy, where do I begin?
I once bagged a wayward shag on Miss Goodbody's trimmed bush.

i trimmed mrs lons bush only yeterday as it happens @Fnaar ..it was in a right state..needed a chain saw ffs