It's changed a lot now so all the birds are well cared for and the cages are clean (apart from the malting birds)

Pleased to hear it DH, thanx

Our squirrels love this type of bird feeder. They shake the seed out of it.

Only way to reduce it for us has been to buy a squirrel feeder box, site it away from the birds and keep it topped up with peanuts. Grand kids love watching them opening the box -for one peanut at a time.

PS great photos

Black sunflower seed seems to be the favoured food for the greenfinches that visit my garden. Greedy birds sit on the feeders and munch their way through loads of it each day.

Nice pics, especially the second one - next thing to try is shots away from the feeders, or in flight

Greenfinch by Pete Walkden, on Flickr

I was down in Oxfordshire last weekend where there are loads of red kites -unfortunately the camera I have these days is no good for these sort of shots -but they are fascinating to watch.

Some nice bird photos there. I must get round to adding some. I've got a couple with squirrels too.

Just moves to cemaes bay and they birds here ( feathered) are awesome , goldfinches , wrens, and spotted woodpecker