clucker1 Posted February 2, 2015 Share Posted February 2, 2015 Having done the rspb birdwatch for the first time, I am now monitoring my garden birds a lot more closely. I put out breadcrumbs yesterday along with some cooked rice and the rice was gobbled up and the breadcrumbs are bringing lots of other types of birds.(I had been using peanuts, fat balls, robin mix bird seed). I have a 5 kg sack of corn for my chickens, is that suitable for garden birds? Also the bird food on the rspb web site is a lot cheaper than supermarkets etc so I think I might buy one of their mixes to see what else turns up in the garden. Up the road they have woodpeckers, pheasants etc.... I am not sure they will travel down to my more suburban garden but more variety would be good. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mullethunter Posted February 2, 2015 Share Posted February 2, 2015 My birds don't eat mixed corn. If it's in mixed seeds it just gets left, so although it's expensive I now only feed sunflower hearts (and fatballs) - nothing is wasted and loads of birds eat the including goldfinches and black caps. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dancing cloud Posted February 3, 2015 Share Posted February 3, 2015 B&M do a 12.75kg bag of mixed seed for £4.99 and it goes down great in my garden . I do put out suet balls as well and peanuts at the weekend (too expensive to give then those all the time), as well as leftover cat food. Today they're getting pork rind chopped up into small pieces. We don't get any particularly exotic species, being at the top of an exposed hill, but we do get lots of feathery visitors and lots of squirrels too - always something to watch Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Blackrocksrock Posted February 3, 2015 Share Posted February 3, 2015 I buy a large sack of peanuts costs £37.99 and lasts about 3 months and fat balls by the bucket - we feed all year round peanuts and fat in the winter- we have woodpeckers and various species here including tree creepers and long tail tits with robins and the usual other garden birds - we had 2 buzzards in the trees yesterday but they don't come to feed but on the bird counting day they are ususally absent - I think other people feed them on that weekend! I do not like mixed seed as it leaves mess and grasses grow underneath the feedefs. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Old Speckled Hen Posted February 20, 2015 Share Posted February 20, 2015 I find that cheap bird food gets chucked out by the sparrows who pick out the best bits; one of the reasons I had rats in the garden. The best places I have found are twootz.com for straights and wildbirdfood.uk.com for mixed seed. Their "superior high energy" blend is not wasted at all........and both deliver free. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ain't Nobody Here Posted February 20, 2015 Share Posted February 20, 2015 I've found that nuts get ignored and I end up chucking them out cos they're mouldy . I agree about the mixed seed too, if it gets wet it just starts sprouting. I've just bought fat ball and fat block feeders and hope they'll fare better. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
