Quote Originally Posted by Splatcher View Post
... And we had a couple of redpolls in the garden the other day - they've only visited the garden in serious winter conditions in the past: no idea why they took a fancy to niger seeds in such good weather.
I started putting nyger seeds out a couple of years ago, hoping to attract goldfinches, but they've always been more popular with redpolls (sometimes 4 or 5 at a time), whereas the goldfinches seem to prefer the sunflower hearts.