Why are bird feeders so...

[Froglegs]

Expensive,after a Wood pigeon tried to fit it's fat ass on a perch made for the likes of birds the size a sparrows ::) making it smash to the ground >:(, i had to replaces it with a new feeder. :'( To replace it with one the same(you could put one kind of bird seed in one half and say sun flower seed in the other side,and had 4 perches on each side) would have cost £17. :o The ones with copper, porcelain and stainless steel tops where as much as £50,the cheapest i could find were a fiver each, and i thought that was too much,and i don't think they will last five minutes as they are only made from thin plastic. :-\ All i wont is a bird feeder not a posh garden ornament, did not realize they where so expensive. :(

[Froglegs]

[torquil]

   had similar problem a few weeks ago and finaly found a wood one that has two compartments. Just go around garden centres and such we looked for ages before found this one Good Luck.   :)

[silly billy]

B&Q sell them off cheap around about April time, no good for you now but they can be brought and put away for next winter.

[Froglegs]

But why are they so expensive,even on the RSPB web site they cost an arm & a leg! surly they should be encouraging people to put food out, not putting them of with over priced feeders.

[star]

I totally agree FL, its scandalous the cost of them.

I think I will try B&Q in April, thanks SB

[cacran]

why dont you make your own?  hang a large cordial bottle with holes cut into the sides, from a tree. I have made a couple of these and they are a great success.

[Baaaaaaaa]

I just use a bit of fine wire mesh, in a roughly cylinder shape 2" dia. , bit of wood 4"x4" top and bottom, nailed on and a couple of 10M bolts about 2 long sticking out. When it breaks (which is 2 or 3 times a year), just go out hammer in one hand, bag of nails in the other.

It ain't particularly elegant, but the tits and the robins don't complain.

Cost about £2 and about an hour to make.

[angle shades]

 :)Wilko's have a good selection,I have 7 in the garden, they seem quite Strong

[star]

I just use a bit of fine wire mesh, in a roughly cylinder shape 2" dia. , bit of wood 4"x4" top and bottom, nailed on and a couple of 10M bolts about 2 long sticking out. When it breaks (which is 2 or 3 times a year), just go out hammer in one hand, bag of nails in the other.

It ain't particularly elegant, but the tits and the robins don't complain.

Cost about £2 and about an hour to make.

Thats more like it, I can get some metal for the top and bottom to deter the squiggles.........cheers Baaaaa. You know, if I had a brain I could be quite dangerous 8) ;D