Wheat and barley grains are often included in seed mixtures, but they're really only suitable for pigeons, doves and pheasants, which feed on the ground and rapidly increase in numbers, frequently deterring the smaller species. Pinhead oatmeal is excellent for many birds. Mixes that contain chunks or whole nuts are suitable for winter feeding only. Tits and greenfinches favour peanuts and sunflower seeds. Small seeds, such as millet, attract mostly house sparrows, dunnocks, finches, reed buntings and collared doves, while flaked maize is taken readily by blackbirds.
The better mixtures contain plenty of flaked maize, sunflower seeds and peanut granules. There are different mixes for feeders, for bird tables and for ground feeding.
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