My regular visitors.

How good is that! They are under such threat, you must be very pleased to see them, Linda. I put out the leftover cat food each night but I'm not sure who it is that clears the bowl. We have a little evidence of visitors but nowhere near as much as in the past, sadly.

Hi Ange, I have two boxes for them and they can get in and out of most of the gardens here. I don't put cat food down because there are quite a few cats here. I know that they would eat that, so I place peanuts, mealworms, sunflower seeds and suet pellets out in a dish and make sure that they have fresh water every day. Last year we had up to five visiting in the summer.

I can't remember the last time we had them in our garden?
Unfortunately, we had a rat visiting the feeder last night. OH disposed of it..
We get one now and again. We are right next to the Humber. Plus the bund is teeming with wildlife!

They get the same food from us once we see evidence, Linda, but I gave up on mealworms when I read that they're bad for their skeletal development (MBD).

Hi Kate, we get a rat visit sometimes but we have the river down the road and are near the fields. I'll look that info up Ange. Thanks.

Good idea, Linda. I know they keep changing the guidance with these things (a bit like what to feed the birds) and we used to give the hogs mealworms ourselves in the past.

Just looked it up about mealworms and the problem is that they like the mealworms so much that they'll eat more of them and tha't's not good for them as they aren't getting the right vitamins etc, but a few in the pot isn't too much of a problem. Apparently, sunflower seeds and peanuts are o.k. I think it's a case of common sense prevails....