It's probably worth mentioning here that when I visited the Leen Pastures Feeding Station this morning (21 Feb 2010), the two branches to which the three new feeders were attached had been snapped to enable the feeders, padlocks, and chains to be removed. One of the four edges of the bird table had been broken off too. There was no obvious sign of the feeders nearby, but I will look again when the snow has cleared. The last time I stocked them up was on 10 Feb 2010, which was before the school half-term holidays - maybe that's significant?

Should anyone find any broken/discarded feeders in/around the park please contact myself or the rangers. The insides and underneaths of all the feeders were clearly marked with "FoBCP" in large white lettering.

Today I filled the single remaining old feeder with peanuts, and put the rest of the feed on the table.

The new feeders were installed on 10 Oct 2009, and "survived" most of Autumn and Winter. An article documenting the project will be presented at the next FoBCP meeting.

Hi Ben, sorry to hear the feeders have been taken. I'm afraid I have learned to my cost that school holidays are always a prime time for this sort of thing. At least they survived the worst of the winter and will have been a great benefit. Lesson to be learned,educate the young, don't spend too much on equipment ,mark it up like you did and finally don't give in. If we all band together there are actually alot more of us than them ! Be nice to catch them once and awhile though !

Thanks John. It must be much more frustrating for you with it being private land and personal cost.