Attracting Finches to Your Garden
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One of the species of wild birds that you can attract to your garden, finches are colourful and have delightful songs. The goldfinch is a very colourful finch with yellow patches on the wings and a bright red face. They have long fine beaks which are ideal for eating thistle and teasel seeds.
The best way to attract wild finches to your garden is to hang up a thistle feeder containing their favorite seeds. These types of feeder are designed to hold tiny thistle seeds, usually in a mesh that makes them easy to be reached by the finches with their long beaks. The design also prevents seeds from spilling on to the ground which would attract unwanted birds and predators, such as squirrels. When you buy thistle seed to place in your bird feeder the seeds have been heat treated to prevent them from germinating so if the finches drop them they won’t grow under your feeder.
Finches also enjoy millet and sunflower seeds so you could also put some of these on to a bird table to attract them.
Read more about Finches from the RSPB