Hello Scamps......and welcome
My suggestion regarding attracting birds into your garden would be similar. Have patience and let it be natural with bird feeders...and they will come ! They tend to take a little time, but will, as the winter goes on,find you. If the feeders have some kind of cover, then it`s ideal, as we started with one some years ago....and now have many spread about our garden( 12 be be exact !!)
....and the visitors have amazed us to the extent that we now look for the new species that come along......year by year. Last year it was the redwing....and this year we have goldcrests, wrens, chiffchaffs, and nuthatchs visiting every day, and grey wagtails on rare occasions.
The regulars like blue tits, black birds, great tits,longtail tits, coal tits, chaffinchs, greenfinchs, robins, magpies, doves, and dunnock`s we still value, however they are constantly obvious by their presence..by volume.
This year we even had a robin literally feeding out of our hands for the 6 weeks he was around !!...and what an experience that was.So you will never know until you try, and you will never know what may appear
If i may suggest an additional way to attract them too, .....it would be to provide some water.....something we overlooked, not by not providing it as we have a pond,, but realising that they needed to drink....and that was a great photographic opportunity. When you think about it, it`s as important as food, and we`ve noticed how many come to the pond for a bath or drink.....so we know that little extra brings double the chance.
I wish you well,and hope you will update us as you progress.
Compared to others, my story is small, however it`s mine, and long may it continue as it brings great joy.
I hope this has helped Scamps, as we started where you are now, so i hope you have your own story that amazes you.
Geoff
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