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Old 18-03-10, 07:23 PM
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I have recently decided to start feeding the birds in my garden i live at the back of a park and at present have had robins, blackbirds,blue long tailed and great tits and to my delight a pair of bullfinch i would like to attract more finches could someone give me any tips to attract them to my garden also i have only seen the bullfinch once are these regular garden birds
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Old 19-03-10, 08:14 AM
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I find the best thing to put in feeders to attract finches are sunflower seeds or sunflower hearts, hearts dont leave so much mess as seeds, Goldfinch also like Niger seed which requires a special feeder.
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