Hubby try mealworms,those suet type bits and sunflower seeds,the ones not in shells,robins love them.Bluetits prefer hanging containers to a flat table bird peanuts are a favourite but only give them in winter as if they give them to the babies it can choke them.You won't get what the americans call bluebirds though they don't come here.
If all else fails love your pigeons,think of them as doves,they can be really funny,look at how they walk,and they fly like they're sloshed.Also if you provide a bird bath more variety's will come for that,
A lot of the premixed bird seed is a waste of time,bulked out by stuff they won't touch hence the mess.I get the suet,dried mealworms,sunflower seeds,and mix them myself waste isn't an issue then.
Julie I had a pet robin too,found it literally frozen to the path made a bed in the shed then put a heater in there until it thawed out.My hubby thought I was bonkers,but it worked,lived in the
shed for the rest of the winter.I used to open the door in the morning feed it leave the door open then come back in the evening feed it again then it would hop back in the shed.In spring it was confident enough to tap on the back door if I was late,even come into the kitchen.also brought its babies,I knew it was the same one because it had a brown patch on its chest.It hung around for years.
The first fleeting moment after Keith died,when I felt like bothering to live was a glimpse of sunshine and a robin singing so loudly it seemed to be refusing to be ignored,I will always be grateful to robins for that first smile and the cue to turn to nature for solace.
