Nuthatch visiting garden

Nickynockynoonoo · #1 (**permalink**) 19-10-2009, 02:49 PM

For the last couple of weeks, we've had a nuthatch feeding on sunflower hearts. No photo yet, sorry. It is a much prettier bird than I'd imagined. It took a few sightings before I saw him run down the tree. I was amazing to watch.

Today, he was getting a bit more confident and come to a feeder station nearer to the house. He was just about to sample the fat cake, when the starlings descended.

I'd like to put out some whole peanuts for him but don't know where they could go so that the pigeons and squirrels don't scoff them all.

vole-woman · #2 (**permalink**) 19-10-2009, 05:42 PM

We've had a nuthatch after the sunflower hearts this autumn, too! I've only ever seen one once before in all the years we've lived here. I wonder wheether there's been an increase in numbers?

david156 · #3 (**permalink**) 19-10-2009, 08:26 PM

Hi.

My mum gets a nuthatch and great spotted woodpeckers in her garden feeding on the peanut feeder. She only feeds sunflower hearts and peanuts, both in feeders. Most of the starlings are on the floor picking up the bits that are dropped and cos she's not feeding wild bird food which is corn based, she doesn't get hardly any pigeons or doves. The blackbirds get sultanas by the back door and last year one would peck at the glass as soon as the light went on!

Good luck feeding them and get those pictures!!

Cheers David.