Hey, Shiffty!
Yes, feeding the birds is more variable than you would suppose!
We nearly abandoned putting any food out at all because it seemed we were just preparing bait for all the neighbourhood cats and sparrowhawks! As we are in a rural location there is now plenty of natural food for the birds in the hedgerows and fields anyway, but not many birds have been visiting the garden at all, and fewer still to the feeding stations. The fat balls were black and beginning to sprout!! Today I have seen some activity from hedge sparrows and the robins (which have in fact remained 'faithful' throughout the summer), so I've put out some fresh seed and new fat balls in a
red container - see if your hint works!
Also threw chunks of bread up onto the garage roof for the rooks waiting in the tree. Shame Boysie was just cleaning his car!
