We didn't do it - I did think about it but we were otherwise engaged. Am very interested in the results though. We have a garden in good old Suburbia, backing onto a small area of woodland. It's fairly untidy and I've planted it with lots of native plants to attract wildlife. We have an overgrown pond which needs clearing out. Everything a bird might want, you might think, but that's why we are totally mystified that we don't get many species of bird visiting. We get tits, blackbirds, robins, crows now and then, magpies, wood pigeons, the odd lesser spotted woodpecker - but no sparrows, thrushes and I can't remember when we last saw starlings! What are we doing wrong? We put out food for birds in different areas of the garden. We do have a cat but she's so old that she isn't a threat - hardly goes out at all these days. I'd love to see more birds visiting.
We do have loads of squirrels who also feast off the food we put out, if they can. DO squirrels attack birds? I thought they co-existed happily. Then there are the parakeets - in this neck of the woods there are loads of them screeching through the trees. I must admit I hate them - they make a terrible noise and I wonder whether it's those relative newcomers affecting native bird species. Does anyone have any thoughts?