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It is interesting to note what gets taken first on the feeders. At the moment I have sunflower seeds and fat balls on hanging feeders in the back garded and raisins, suet pellets and dried mealworms on the ground feeder.

The sunflower seeds seem to be the food of preference for everything that goes to the hanging feeders. The tits move on to the fat only when a large flock of finches take over all the feeding ports for sunflowers. As a result, while I regularly refill the seed feeder the oringinal fat balls are still in the other feeder. I will have to swap them for some fresh ones soon as they are developing a layer of mould.

The main visitor to the ground feeder seems to be the squirrel, which at least keeps it off the seed feeder. Its preference is for the suet pellets but then takes the raisins once the pellets are finished. Most of the mealworms seem to be taken by wood pigeons.

The robin seems to prefer to forage rather than have a single big pile of food. I have some plants in containers on the patio and I scatter the mealworms on these and he seems to love it.

In the front the blackbirds finally seem to have stripped the rowan. I seldom see them doing it as they fly off if somebody is even three houses away.

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