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Message: <blockquote data-quote="deborah4" data-source="post: 1383355" data-attributes="member: 29880">Thanks again all of you - the support has been overwhelming and extremely helpful.  The couple of feeders I put back up yesterday were still there when I came home from work this evening.   I'm pretty sure thinking about it today, and after reading Pie's comments, the spike suggestion won't be an option - I can hear her say exactly that!On a positive note:  It's now milder and there's a bit of natural food around.  I don't think the impact will be significant if I have to stop feeding the birds completely after the meeting's decision.   My main concern was the sudden loss of food which hopefully I've abated, and if necessary can convince them to let me wind it down slowly.   If the worse comes to the worse, I'll ask the local Parish Priest to put them all up in the vicarage garden just up the road and I'll keep looking after them up there.  It's the same feeding territory for most of my garden birds, so I'm sure they will find it!   The garden is now quite mature with some good berry shrubs, birch and fruit trees so provides natural food for most of the year, including being good for butterflies and bees etc.   If i have to eventually move, I've left a good environmental impact hopefully.(good advice John, unfortunately trying to explain the hunting habits of the local BoPs, as well as the need for winter feeding for little Robin Redbreast, may go way beyond the pail.<img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite2" alt=";)" title="Wink    ;)" loading="lazy" data-shortname=";)" />)</blockquote>

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