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We have added a fat block to our garden bird feeding arrangements.  We only put this up when we have a spell of cold weather as it attracts squirrels.  I attach it to the top of a metal pole stuck upright in the lawn more than a squirrel’s jump away from the apple tree.  I then apply a coat of grease to it so that if they try to shin up it they slip down again without reaching the fat block.  I have to monitor this regularly to ensure that there is still enough grease to stop them.  So far so good and the block has attracted a Great Spotted Woodpecker, a flock of Long-tailed tits and a Goldcrest.