Buffet for the birds

We had a really hard frost last night as well as a light covering of snow so this morning as soon as I was up I went out to do the birds' food and water. I cleared off the bird table because this is something that needs to be done regularly so that no one gets an infection and also because the squirrels sit on there. Then I got the various foods out.
As some of the birds are ground feeders I have been putting small amounts of food onto the patio stones but this morning because of the snow, it had been covered up. I found a large flowerpot saucer in the shed and decided to put the food on there. This would be easy to pick up every night and put on the bird table especially as we may get a considerable amount of snow tonight.
I put small handfuls of grated cheese, mealworm crumble, suet and insect treats, sunflower seeds and mixed seed for smaller birds onto the saucer then placed it on the patio while I put some more in smaller amounts on the bird table. While I was doing this there were a couple of hungry birds tucking into the bird buffet on the saucer.
The hanging feeders will be due to have a clean out just before Christmas and I will also need to check the hanging fat treats and clean out the squirrels' nut box. Even though I know that there is a good selection of foods for all the birds and squirrels I still worry about them getting enough to eat and a warm place to sleep. I'm going soft in the head!