Birds suddenly disappeared from my garden (1 Viewer)

[LeeUK2020]

I've had my feeders up with sunflower hearts and suet for 2 months and have consistently had blue/great/coal tits, sparrows, starlings and robins - I also have soaked mealworms which has been popular with sparrows and starlings. However, the past 4 days they have been nearly completely absent, with the odd magpie eating the mealworms. The starlings and tits in particular have been completely missing, in contrast to a few weeks ago when they barely left my garden at all!

The neighbours are doing construction work but this has been happening for a while - my flatmates also hang laundry up in the garden, but again this isn't anything new... Does anyone have any ideas? I know it usually dies down by the end of summer, why is it so quiet now?

 

[KC Foggin]

Could there perhaps be some Birds of Prey flying around your area? That will keep the song birds in hiding.

 

[LeeUK2020]

That's possible, but nothing that I know of, just the regular magpies. The sparrows and starlings are back today but infrequently, and the tits are still missing. Maybe there an abundance of food elsewhere...