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[golum1967]

I have recently moved to a new house with a good back garden for bird watching.( I used to dabble years ago before kids etc) I set up the bird feeders with the recomended food and so on. However i only seem to attract starlings , sparrows and the odd wood pigeon in, despite the fact i have seen diffrent types flying round. Any tips please to get others in. I am in the north of England.

[astarsdad]

Hi,

At this time of the year a lot of birds already have established feeding stations and terrorities.

I have found that one of the most important things that attract birds to the garden is the amount of cover and undergrowth.

Terry

[slimrbp]

Hi,

We had a similar situation last year; moved into our first house with a garden, set up the feeders and not a lot turned up!

Woodies and Starlings seem to be good opportunists and pick up on a new food supply pretty rapidly. It took a while for us to get onto the other's maps.

We are now regularly visited by a wide variety of birds.

I have noticed a few less regular visitors at the moment possibly because they are finding enough natural food.

It might take a while but hoepfully you will get on to other birds food routes.

[bigdave60dog]

Just enjoy the birds that you have and keep on feeding. House Sparrows in particular depend on feeders at this time of year for their survival.
Other species will come in time but in the meantime you can enjoy watching the antics of the birds that you do have.
I prefer watching behaviour to ticking of species any day.
Dave