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Roger Tonkin · 21-10-2011, 11:06 AM posted to uk.rec.gardening

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says...

Regularly feed the local birds. When I put out a seed feeder, it is
normally all gone within 24 hours. I put out one on Wednesday morning,
and now 4 days later it is still half full!

There seem to be a couple of sparrows, and the odd tit around, but
nothing like last week. Do you thinlk they've gone off their food
because of the heat?

(It is not that they been attracted by someone elses feeder, as there
are only a few houses here, and only a couple of those feed the birds)

They are back!!

After three weeks of abscence, the birds have returned in the usual
voracious manner, devouring the seed feeder in less than a day. Well
most of it. They tend to throw the bits they dont like (larger wheat
like seeds) onto the lawn. Usually these are cleared up by larger birds
like pheasants, but they have not re-appeared - I think the shooting was
good this year!

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Roger T

700 ft up in Mid-Wales