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  • Forum post: Great Tits Chucking Seeds On Floor Then Picking Them Up ?

    Hi there, All the birds are now back, I have noticed the Great Tits sit on the feeders chuck the seeds on the floor and then wait, and the pick the seeds up from the floor, eat them and then repeat it. Why are they doing this? Thanks Lauren
  • Photo: Starling Pondering

    I wonder what he is thinking? A small flock of Starlings were in residence before I moved here; eating the bread and scraps my neighbours put out on a daily basis. However, the starlings now head for the high energy food and peanut feeders first.
  • Forum post: Re: Homemade "fat balls"

    Well, several questions to answer, so here goes ... "The only thing I can think of trying is to put the balls in pots which are a bit bigger than them. This should make them easier to remove ..." Well, I use the yoghurt pots as a mould into which the gunge is poured before the contents...
  • Forum post: Re: Fat/suet ball holders

    Thanks, Coal. It's been there around a year now so they should be used to it. They don't seem scared of it as they sit on the top and feed from a seed holder not a foot away. I've made some "fat balls" out of lard, nuts, raisins and seeds tonight, shaped in yoghurt pots, and...
  • Forum post: Rat-proof bird feeder? Help please!!

    Hello all, This is my first post, but I really need some help if anyone can provide any! Last winter I was unfortunate enough to have rats in my home for the first time - a thoroughly unpleasant experience. Although the advice from the pest controllers was to stop feeding the birds, I was very...
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