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Originally Posted by Paul mabbott  There are views that sycamore is native - see other threads, I'm not going to start that one again!  I'm surprised, though, that sycamore is being planted, other Acer yes but usually sycamore is the first one for the chop.
My pet peeve is plane - hardly ever see an insect on it and even its seeds aren't eaten ...  |
I always used to say nothing ate plane seeds- though I'd seen 2 other exotics feeding on them occasionally- Grey Squirrel + Ring-necked Parakeet; but this year it seems as though Goldfinches have discovered them. In several totally different parts of London- such as Barnes, Greenford, Barking + Notting Hill Gate I've come across flocks of Goldfinches eagerly extracting these seeds- something I hadn't observed before this year. I also saw a Greenfinch feeding on them too.
Perhaps I shouldn't be so surprised as Goldfinches widely feed on other tree seeds, especially on Birch, Alder + Larch, but amazed how the behaviour seems common this year. Perhaps it's a bit like the Blue Tits rapidly learning about milk tops when deliveries were common or birds such as Siskins which rapidly learnt about red mesh peanut feeders.