Gold finches

[hellywelly4]

Just counted 9 goldfinches on my bird feeders and it's made me feel really happy!
I wanted to share it with you all who love to see the birds.

[bensmum]

They are lovely birds and I can quite understand you being happy about it. Now that they have discovered the food they will likely be regular visitors.

[LoftyLottie]

Aren't they lovely. Have just bought them yet another huge sack of Niger seeds for the winter.

[Tilly2]

Yesterday we had six. Five on the niger seed feeders and one on the sunflowers. Lovely. The also love lavendar seeds. Don't cut the heads off them when they've finished flowering. The gold finches will devour them for you.

[ladybirder]

Mine prefer sunflower hearts but that attracts sid the squirrel who can empty the feeder in an afternoon little blighter. They always cheers you up don't they - the GF's I mean.

[LoftyLottie]

Thanks for the tip Tilly.

[hellywelly4]

I give them niger seeds in one feeder and sunflower hearts in another. They don't 'arf scoff the sunflower ones!

[wildwood]

They are lovely birds indeed.

Cosmos flowers seems to be their favourite when it starts to set seed.

[chaptazbru]

How absolutely wonderful.

[Smowball]

I saw this on the news online - absolutely horrific.

[Smowball]

OOh, what happened there?? my answer has ended up on wrong post lol

[hammerman]

You lucky lucky people. I live down near Brighton and ive only ever seen Goldfinches once...and that was in Surrey. Wish i could get them in my garden...i love em.

[hellywelly4]

Try a feeder with the niger seeds - I never had any goldfinches until I read about them, and they really love them. I didn't get on with the feeders which have just a slit for the seed, but I've got one which is round and the seed comes out at the bottom where there is a sort of perch for the birds to sit on. (Not very good at descriptions!).