My partner lives in urban Bracknell and has a small garden. She has a metal stand with hangers for 2 feeders, one is peanuts and the other is mixed seed. The pole is greased with Castrol LM to deter the greedy squirels. The whole set up is almost overhung by a huge holly tree in which the birds hide and fly down to the food. We see blue and coal tits, robins chaffinches, nuthatches and the occasional wood pecker. What I find odd is that the birds eat all the summer but don't seem to be that bothered in this bad weather. They seem to prefer seeds to nuts. She has tried the fatballs and they don't seem popular. She has birds in her nesting box every year recently and the birds seem quite pleased with the set up, overall.
Like the sound of raisins - are they approved for birds or are there bad side effects? Like death!
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