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. :(
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. :)
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.
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.
I totally agree FL, its scandalous the cost of them.
I think I will try B&Q in April, thanks SB
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.
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.
:)Wilko's have a good selection,I have 7 in the garden, they seem quite Strong
Quote from: Baaaaaaaa on November 28, 2007, 16:19:06
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