Friday, 5 January 2018

Change of Diet

I have noticed over the last few weeks that I never see Great Spotted Woodpeckers on the peanut feeders anymore. This is one acting as expected from March 2016. This week each time I've seen a Great Spot feeding it has been on a sun-flower heart feeder. Such has been the wind and light I haven't taken a picture, but I was wondering if this change was widespread, or have the ones feeding in my garden made a unilateral decision to change?

4 comments:

Ragged Robin said...

I do enjoy reading your blog but haven't commented before. I stopped feeding peanuts some years ago as all species (including Great Spotted Woodpeckers) were ignoring them and just eating sunflower hearts.

Tony Morris said...

Hi Ragged Robin", thanks for the comment. I see you are also a "mother", I hope you seen my mothing blog http://tonysmothstoidentiy.blogspot.co.uk/
Tony.

Bill McL said...

I too have noticed a female has changed gradually to preferring sunflower hearts to peanuts in the last few months.

Ragged Robin said...

Hi again - I hadn't seen your moth blog so will certainly be checking it out. Thank you for the link.