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Message: <blockquote data-quote="ChrisKten" data-source="post: 1274499" data-attributes="member: 69033">I don't know if this will help, but my experience is only with feeding and watching the birds in my garden. First here's what I have visit regularly:Sparrows 20+Starlings 20+Pigeons 20+Collard Doves 6+Blue Tits 3+Great Tits 3+Robin 1Dunnock 1Crows 4+Magpies 3+Jays 3+Goldcrest 1Goldfinch 1Chaffinch 2Great Spotted Woodpecker 1 female 1 juvenileBlackbirds A pair, but not every day.I think the reason I get so many is there's two trees in my garden, so there's good cover. I think having or somehow building cover for the birds will help a lot. I also have 2 bird baths, this attracts birds that might not come for the food being offered. As for what I feed:Wild Bird seed in 2 seed feeders.Fat balls made from Lard with seed and bits of apple and rolled into balls.Nuts in a nut feeder.Bread or scraps in 2 scraps feeders.Trays made from CD spindle cases with seed, bread, and bits of apple in them.Strings of Monkey Nuts.All of the above in the trees. I also put 2 apples cut in half for the Starlings and, when they get a chance, the odd Blackbird.I found the small trays are used also by ground feeding birds, like Robins and Chaffinches. If I had the money the birds visiting would increase dramatically, no matter what I feed it all goes by the afternoon.EDIT: I forgot to mention all this activity hasn't gone unnoticed by the Sparrow Hawks. They are in the garden almost daily, they miss more than they kill though.</blockquote>

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