@PatientlyWaiting25 It was pigeons snaffling the food where I first hung my bird feeder. Then I moved it to under an a Ceeanotis bush - easy for small birds like sparrows (the main ones in my garden) but not large ones. The pigeons go for the seed that falls on the ground underneath, and I don't mind that.

@PatientlyWaiting25 I'm not sure of the term snaffling interesting word...

@masterofyou "Snaffling" - stealing. Slang yes - but I've no idea where from. Perhaps regional? Or an old word that's largely died out?