Goldfinch visits

[dc2009]

Hi everyone!

Had taken my feeding station down after getting little activity for a long time (just a solitary robin in a year or more).

However, I have now replaced it with just a simple hook and sunflower feeder and within the same day began having regular visits from two goldfinches! They've been coming regularly all week now and for the first time the food is actually being used!

Should I get a nyger feeder/seed - is it expensive, or will the sunflower hearts suffice? Am keen to keep these new visitors coming and hopefully will have some more variety in the future...

For your info I also have a peanut feeder, and table (with RSPB mixed table/ground seed & dried worms) in the garden which sees magpies, pigeons and a blackbird visit...

Thanks :-)

[AshLee]

My Goldies (Goldfinches, posie ) love sunflower hearts. I have never felt the need to provide nyger. I saw that they were bringing their offspring to the feeder the other day. Mind you, they are expensive to "keep", but I made myself a promise that I'd never complain.

[earthdragon64]

If they are happy with the sunflower hearts, you won't need the nyjer, which is very messy. I feed nyjer from a feeding station on paving slabs so I can sweep up the mess easily, it does seem to bring in Siskins though, they love it.

[dc2009]

Thanks for that! Glad to say they've continued to visit regularly all week and have managed to devour half a feeder full of sunflower hearts in just 5 days! Have topped it up this evening and sure enough they appeared before long! Is great to see some activity after nothing much for so long and strange to see how just altering position of the feeder from a pole to on a bracket attached to the fence has made such a difference! Hopefully they (and others) will continue to come and feed here! :-)

[rank_amateur]

For a while I had both Nyjer seeds and Sunflower Hearts available on either side of a double 'Shepard's crook' type hanger and the goldies would queue up for the sunflower hearts rather than eat the nyjer. I gave up on the nyjer in the end, no need.
Cheers.