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Old 27-08-2013, 01:10 PM posted to uk.rec.gardening
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lid says...

On Tue, 27 Aug 2013 11:17:32 +0100, Stephen Wolstenholme
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On Tue, 27 Aug 2013 10:51:14 +0100, Janet wrote:

In article ,
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On Tue, 27 Aug 2013 10:20:30 +0100, Jake
wrote:

On Mon, 26 Aug 2013 23:08:07 +0200, Martin wrote:



Like other finches goldfinches will eat any seed.

Well they didn't eat any of the (Gordon Ramsey) Nyger seed I bought.
Total waste of (Gordon Ramsey) money.


We don't waste our money on Nyger seed.

Our goldfinches get through at least one 25 kg sack of nyger seed per
annum. Since we started feeding it, they have multiplied to become the
third commonest bird at the annual garden bird-count.

Janet

That's similar to the finches often feeding in my garden. First choice
for goldfinches is nyger. Green finches go for nyger as well. I've not
seen any other finches eating nyger but bullfinches and chaffinches
like the thistle.

Try providing bog standard bird seed instead of a bird buffet.

I do that too. And wheat and nuts and fat balls. But it's the nyger
that attracts GF's; we had none until I provided it.

Janet


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