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Thank you for the useful information in your January edition of Cumbrian Wildlife on feeding garden birds. The main problem with bird feeders is the mess the birds make – especially the finches. Last year there was so much food dropped below our feeders that it atracted two large rats, which then made a nest under our floorboards for the winter. We have now hung buckets below each feeder and find that the birds discard over half of the sunflower hearts. Another useful tip a friend gave was to soak jumbo porridge oats in sunflower oil for the bird table. It’s very popular with robins, starlings and blackbirds.
Keep up the excellent work. Michael Green
Thanks for your tips, Michael. If anyone has any wildlife gardening tips please do let us know!
YOUR PHOTOS Photo: Derek Moore
Lucy from Vine House Farm says: Sunflower hearts are universally the most popular seed for garden birds. When there is plenty of food available garden birds can become wasteful, just like us! Our suggestion here at Vine House Farm would be to switch to something that contains sunflower heart chips rather than whole sunflower hearts. These are basically broken sunflower hearts. For example, we offer straight sunflower heart chips or mixes that contain heart chips, as well as chopped peanuts that are also another good waste-free product. Another option is to let your feeders empty out so then the birds will help tidy below the feeders, this may not completely get rid of any waste but it may reduce it. If you watch a finch carefully they will chomp the middle of the heart and bits drop out of each side of its beak!
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