What are Goldfinches feeding on in your garden?

03 Nov 2015

The Goldfinch Feeding Survey is now closed so thank you to everyone who took part. If you did participate and have not yet entered your data, please do so before March 31. Through the survey, we aim to understand why Goldfinches are becoming increasingly common in gardens, and how important the food we put out or the plants we grow are. So far it seems that sunflower hearts are more tempting than nyger seed, but is that really the case?

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