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Mech1 wrote: »

Ahh not too bad if you buy loads on a week that your flush, maybe not so good for anyone on a very limited budget, but I would spend maybe €40 a month? plus the kids cereals go down very quick but the missus pays for them.

Those breakfast cereal are about €4 a pack! :eek:

Mech1

Mack Clean Wall wrote: »

Those breakfast cereal are about €4 a pack! :eek:

SHhhhh....

Woodville56

First solitary Lesser Redpoll of the winter at the nyger feeder on Monday - number up to six today ! Still watching out for a Siskin !

Woodville56

Woodville56 wrote: »

First solitary Lesser Redpoll of the winter at the nyger feeder on Monday - number up to six today ! Still watching out for a Siskin !

And this morning it arrived - first Siskin of the year on the nut feeder !

magicbastarder

interesting survery results from feeding birds from NZ - although they do note that the local populations already favour introduced species.

http://conservationmagazine.org/2015/05/beware-of-the-backyard-bird-feeder/

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magicbastarder wrote: »

interesting survery results from feeding birds from NZ - although they do note that the local populations already favour introduced species.

http://conservationmagazine.org/2015/05/beware-of-the-backyard-bird-feeder/

In fairness, a slice of bread and a cup of seed is not a diet to encourage any diversity. If we were garden feeding in New Zealand we would be providing fruit and insect sources for our birds.

OpenYourEyes

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/119690720#Comment_119690720

Mixes are overrated. Put out peanuts, and put out sunflower hearts, and you'll cater to everything with that. When it gets frosty, consider fatballs.

At the moment there's a huge amount of food available in the wider countryside so birds aren't using feeders much. It's the quietest October in years for my feeders, but it's good to have a bit out, and bit by bit the birds will return later in the year.

Alun

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/119695965#Comment_119695965

My feeders have never been busier. Swarms of goldfinches, 10-15 at a time squabbling over access to the sunflower kernels, other finches and sparrows in the ground feeder eating, yes, a seed mix. Small flocks of long tailed tits on the fatballs, and our resident woodpigeon and collared doves. Meanwhile the peanut feeder remains virtually unused.

Bsal

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/119696010#Comment_119696010

Same here my feeders have never been busier, I have the largest charm of Goldfinches I've ever had at the feeders around 100 strong flock, the Goldfinch seem to have had a great breeding season this year along with Wood Pidgeons and Collared Doves, House Sparrows, all the Corvids and Starlings.

OpenYourEyes

That's interesting BSal and Alun, you're in the minority! Are you in Urban, Suburban or Rural areas?

Dibble

I too am experiencing a very busy time at the moment with the feeders. We have a lot of Goldfinches at the sunflower seeds. Approx 30 in our garden the other day (most we've ever had), along with the usual tits, sparrows, pidgeons, etc. The sparrows are eating the sunflower seeds and the mixed seed. Only when these are empty do they venture to the peanut feeders. I am based in suburban Dublin.

11James11

Anybody any  recommendations on the where to get 25 kg peanuts delivered in Ireland?, place I ordered from before no longer does bird feed and most places I found are looking for twice the price I used to pay

Bsal

My go to for birdfood recently, great prices compared to the normal retailers and cheap enough delivery

https://www.newbawnwildbirdfeed.com/the-shop/