Bob Minchin writes
Mo Leo wrote:
I seem to get rooks, jackdors, magpies etc in my garden.... I do still
get a few small birds but how can I encourage them when the big birds
are eating all the nuts and seeds before the little ones get a look in.

We had just this problem last year with pigeons getting bigger and
bigger and keeping out the small birds. This year the seeds are in
small hanging feeders. Only the small birds will hang on these and it
seems to be succeeding. The pigeons sit on the roof looking but rarely
land and then only get a few seeds the small birds drop.
We are getting sparrows, chaffinches, greefinches, tits & wrens regularly.

CJ bird foods do a horrendously expensive but very effective wire cage
that fits round your feeder and allows the small birds in but keeps the
larger birds out.
--
Kay