Something seems to have been feeding from the plate already, but I don't know what.  I go to my mothers in the afternoon and when I got home there was only about half of what was there when I left.  Not much scattered around either, so quite a success all round.

Unfortunately its started snowing again and is windier than yesterday, so no birds at all today and although I've put more seed mix on the plate it's getting covered in snow.

Looking out the window the only birds I can see are two sea-gulls hunkered down on the chimney across the road, all the others seem to have taken cover in the hedges.