Feeding SMALL birds

I recently bough one of these and am very pleased with it.

roamwildproducts.co.uk/collections/bird-feeding/products/roamwild-squirrel-proof-bird-feeders

It a clever design which automatically shuts off the food if a larger bird or animal lands on it.

My DD puts feeders out in her front garden. Yesterday she saw this beauty.. Sparrow Hawk, now that's a big bigger than her normal visitors to the feeder.

I use squirrel buster feeders - they stop the big birds as well.
Mind you I am having a problem with mice chewing a hole through the rigid plastic bucket that the fat balls come in!

We don't put platters of any description out - it all gets eaten by pigeons, magpies and starlings. Everything is in feeders of different sorts. We put fat balls out too at this time of year, some concentrated calories for the little birds. Or mix some suet pellets in with the seed. It takes a while for birds to get used to where the food is, so be consistent. A dish of water helps too.

I use good quality fat balls in hanging holders - they get well used by various small birds and tits, then the bigger birds scavenge what drops down. I’ve also got a novelty squirrel feeder - a little house which I fill with peanuts and there’s a hole in the front, just big enough for the tits to get in for a peanut.
In the really bad weather, I’ve half a dozen feeders and it’s such a free for all, I struggle to keep them all topped up.