"Mike" wrote in message
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Since posting the above, we have had to re stock the string AND put the
fluff from the Tumble Drier filter into a ball and tied that up!! They
went
mad over that and fought each off!!

I hadn't thought of using that! Guess it's time to clean the lint trap out.

Sparrows are by far the most frequent visitors, nearly always one,
possibly
more at a time, but Starlings have had a good look at the antics, Pigeons
too, but not made an attempt to do a Wilfred Pickles

Our starlings are far more acrobatic - hanging upside down off the fat
feeder to get to the bottom of it. However the sparrows have got the hang
of the seed feeder - they can now all balance on it. The chaffinches still
have to do a hummingbird impersonation to try and get the seeds.

Strangely none of the birds seem interested in either the peanuts or the
niger/teazel seed. Even the greenfinches that are supposed to like teazel
fly past it to get to the sunflower hearts, and although there are
goldfinches in the area they've not found their way into the back garden
yet. The starlings will go for the peanuts only if there is nothing else
available.