THANK you Keith Chinn for your letter about filling bird feeders at this time of the year (Letters, May 17, 'Keep feeding the birds').

I was concerned whether I was condemning my newly hatching babies to starvation after the letter on May 3 telling me to stop putting nuts and fat balls out.

I always try to buy good ones and put them out all year so the local birds know that there is a back up source of food if they need it.

I'll carry on now and hope that my small contribution does go some way to help our little feathered friends.

Sue Ireland

Selside