KenM
Well-known member
Not wishing to gloat Ken but I have breeding Linnet,and Yellowhammer in a 'double hedge' adjacent the garden. This type of hedge was to prevent snow drifting (in the old days) but now it's where my surface water drains, it is some 12 feet thick in total so ideal for nesting birds. I installed a small preformed pond adjacent my lean-to (poor mans conservatory) which the surface water drains in to and many species of birds utilize this, thats why I was able to get the GP shot. Contrary to popular belief Linnets do visit bird feeders, as 'mine' do daily for sunflower hearts.
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I don’t think investing in sunflower hearts will draw in any linnets Papa, although 60 years ago it might have, and perhaps a good number of other attendant species that are no longer occurring in the region. :-C