No birds in the Garden, food remains uneaten.

Tobar · Hazel Tree Joined: 25 Jun 2007 Posts: 28

I live in a suburb of Dublin, and am having difficulty attracting any type of bird into my garden.

I've put up Bird Feeders with peanuts in them, a bird table with mealworm & mixed seeds, Fatballs around the garden, but I cannot seem to get any birds to come in, and, as a result, the food remains uneaten.

Can anybody maybe give me any pointers of what I can do?

GPI · Posted: Mon Dec 31, 2007 9:02 pm Post subject:

Tobar, have you a good range of coverage in your garden to allow the birds to nip out and eat, then nip back into hiding if a possible predator appears?
Some birds (ground feeders) also require an open area upon which to feed.
This topic will explain more... Attracting blackbirds.

Do you have some shrubs with berries already in your garden? Berry shrubs in an Irish garden.

Also consider planting lots of native Irish trees and shrubs (space permitting), local birds love local plants.
Go to an area where you normally see loads of birds, then try and introduce some of the plants from that area into your site (don't rip them up, sow or buy new ones . Razz

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Joaney · Posted: Mon Dec 31, 2007 10:05 pm Post subject:

Some times it takes time for birds to feel safe in a garden. If you give them time and space they will come . I have lots of differant types they keep me amused for hours. Twisted Evil

Have you got cats.

Tobar · Hazel Tree Joined: 25 Jun 2007 Posts: 28

There are 2 cats next door, could these be causing me this problem?

As the garden is relatively new, alot of the planting is young. The lawn is also fairly new, so there should be a mix of open area & coverage going forward.

Sb · Posted: Wed Jan 02, 2008 2:24 pm Post subject:

Rach · Hazel Tree Joined: 04 Dec 2007 Posts: 27

My Dad feeds a semi- wild cat, two wild cats and some tamer neighbouring cats plus a fox.

He has bird feeders and lots of birds come around, especially for the seeds (they're not too bothered about the peanuts at the moment).

The birds do take a while to cop that the food is there.
But it's hanging off branches on trees that are inaccessable to cats (the branches are too thin, not near an over looking wall etc.).

So maybe with the cold spell coming up you might get some action!

Best of Luck and Patience.

Rach