Quote Originally Posted by GeoffB View Post
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.
It's goldfinches that usually get most of my niger seeds, & that's generally all they'll go for. There's some sunflower hearts in the birdtable mix I use, but the goldfinches rarely bother with it. The only other birds that go for the niger are redpolls, siskins and moorhens. Actually I rearranged the feeders on the stand to stop the moorhens getting at the niger in the end. They've got nothing to stand on now, so they have to put up with what's on the bird table.