Hi Nic
Birds can be funny about fat balls, I had to stop putting mine out last year because we had so many jackdaws coming for them it was getting ridiculous as none of the smaller birds could get close, but other years no birds at all & mouldy balls like yours. Jackdaws are so noisy too, they bring their babies in the spring & hilarious & entertaining though they are I can’t feed all the jackdaws in Cardiff! Long tailed tits love the fatballs so am tempted to put some out in the ball feeder again just to see who turns up, ltt’s don’t seem to want to get in my suet pellet feeder probably because of their long tail feathers.
Shame about your rats & cats, typical it’s the larger hog who wants to get in your boxes after your efforts to keep the cats out, sometimes I think wildlife likes to take the mick. Mice are so quick I think they move too fast for cameras on the whole, probably hundreds of them out there!
Nice to hear from Williamc & DwarfHog & that you’re both getting visitors still, love the idea about scarves & hats to help identify them! Also Robbing sounds like the young magpie who visits my front door every day to take cat biscuits, dives in on bombing raids & leaves a present plopped under the handrail when he sits on it as a thank you….
I expect there’s more fat in Spikes Dinner than in sunflower hearts, probably why he prefers it.
