I've seen the greater spotted twice on my pear tree. Aren't they beautiful :)
Someone gave me a birdfeeder the other day as a gift (from Germany) Tall, yellow, plastic tube thing with about four holes with perches. The birds stay away from it in droves and only the doves seem to go near it or the squirrel. Does anyone know why the birds would keep away from it? I;ve put sunflower seeds in for the greenfinches (which we normally get loads of) but no birds visited it so I tried just ordinary wild bird seed and again no takers. I've had to refill my old one. Do you think it's because there is something they don't like about it or just that there's sufficient other food available?
Wardy
