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A year ago it was a very different story……..birds!

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Sago Mon 08-Jun-26 20:35:24

This time last year I started a thread (can’t find it now) about the lack of birds at my new feeder.

I was so excited to hang the feeders filled with a smorgasbord of ornithological delights, I waited and waited just a murder of crows from the Church next door.

I was so disappointed.

This year I can tell you we are the busiest restaurant in town with a huge variety of customers.
Sparrows, dunnocks, long tailed tits, greenfinch, blue tits, great tits and more.
The little wagtails pick up the spillage with the stock doves and wood pigeons.

I don’t know why it’s taken so long but it was worth the wait, it gives me so much joy to watch them.

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crazyH Mon 08-Jun-26 20:37:52

Your patience has been rewarded.
Wish I could sit in your garden and watch them !

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Bellanonna Mon 08-Jun-26 21:16:32

You have a great variety, lovely to see wagtails. My suburban garden has wood pigeons and magpies, along with my resident Robin and a few sparrows. At one time I had most of the species that you have named. I was a bit worried about urban rats and although I’ve never seen one just hearing about them put me off using the bird feeder. Maybe I’ll try again and sit out in the garden then clean the bird table if there’s anything left.

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Jaxjacky Mon 08-Jun-26 21:20:55

Experience tells us we would get rats, so no feeders, but entertaining flocks of startlings pecking at the grass after rain.

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srn63 Mon 08-Jun-26 21:28:16

My next door neighbour puts fat balls on her back garden path. Guess what she is feeding? Nothing in our garden for her rats to eat, thank goodness, and nowhere, such as decking, rubbish etc. for them to hide in. I've never seen one and my dogs don't seem to smell them, but I have poison bait boxes down anyway. I can't understand people risking attracting rats like this.

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Gingster Mon 08-Jun-26 21:31:32

Yes I stopped feeding the birds because of rats

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