"Roger Tonkin" wrote in message
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No savings with the sunflower, but no wastage either, as chaffinches will
eat off the trays. Lot safer as the chaffs are normally ground-feeders -
there are lots of cats in the area!!

http://preview.tinyurl.com/c223jtk

http://preview.tinyurl.com/cls6auc

Another plus has been a visit by a PAIR of bullfinches to the s/f tray.
Previous Winters, we have only seen the male on the ground.

Don't you have trouble when it rains, all the fallen
seed will get wet in the trays surely?

No it all stays fairly dry. If you look at the first photo, you'll see a
sheet of perspex above the trellis, within a rough wooden frame. Looks a bit
a door.