Goldfinches cramming in Lavender seeds

[Catherine]

I caught them nibbling at the Lavender seeds early yeaterday.

Sorry the light was so poor - but you will get the idea!

[Chocky]

Very good. They love those seeds don't they

[rolf]

Didn't realise they ate Lavender, interesting.

[Catherine]

Its the lavender seeds which attract them I have often seen them feasting on those - mostly after frost, as I think that may soften the seeds. I can only imagine that the lavender oils make the seeds not only nutritious but flavoursome!

That is the only plant I have seem birds cram on in numbers for food - apart from Linnets on the seed pods at Keyhaven!