And the results are in . . .

Well peanuts are the official food of choice, but only just, the fat balls ran them a very close second. The seeds were largely ignored until there were no other options, and then they managed to scatter most of these on the ground (so much for the hanging seed feeder being less messy).

Not that this went unappreciated by certain representatives of the local bird population . . . and our neighbourhood mouse also seemed quite happy with the situation!

Feed the Birds

We've just added a hanging seed feeder to the bird feeding station (did have a seed tray, but they messed that up something awful), so thought we'd see which type of food proved most popular. We've put out 185g of fat balls (i.e. 2), peanuts, and seeds, and are monitoring which goes first.

Have to say that even at this early stage it looks as though the peanuts have it - but as Martin has pointed out the seeds are a new addition, and presumably word hasn't got out on these yet - so we'll have to replicate the experiment in a few weeks for purposes of scientific validity!