hakunamatata Posted December 10, 2009 Share Posted December 10, 2009 Can you buy good bird tables in France? The only ones I have seen are so flimsey they wouldnt last a week! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
doris day Posted February 12, 2010 Share Posted February 12, 2010 HiI've never managed to find one either. henever I've asked they always point me towards nesting boxes!! and when I say but they're nesting boxes they look at me gone out. Many people really believe that birds live in their nests. Anyway, I'd urge everyone out there to feed our little feathered friends at the mo - poor things are starving in this cold weather. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dragonrouge Posted February 12, 2010 Share Posted February 12, 2010 Tell me about it! We live in a fruit producing area thus lots of finches and blue tits. They do not like the striped sunflower seeds just the black ones and they are going through packets each week. Still they are God's creatures. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Âme Posted February 12, 2010 Share Posted February 12, 2010 Did you find a bird table, Margaret? In case you didn't, here are some links to a supplier. I prefer the last option... it is sturdy enough for woodpeckers, collared doves and squirrels! ...but it isn't a table.Table mangeoireMangeoire a oiseauMultistation alimentation Oiseaux Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Christine Animal Posted February 12, 2010 Share Posted February 12, 2010 I've just found your very pretty second one Ame at € 32.90 for £ 21.95http://www.guardianecostore.co.uk/products/wildlife-world/bempton-hanging-bird-table/Think I may order one as my bird table keeps getting blown over. I wonder if it is received as on the photo or in a kit to be put together. Very nice though. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hakunamatata Posted February 12, 2010 Author Share Posted February 12, 2010 Thank you Ame I will have to set it in concrete as we have snow and 100 k winds at the moment! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Âme Posted February 12, 2010 Share Posted February 12, 2010 Christine, It is very cute, with its little verdigris roof. Looking at the design, I'd be surprised if it was flatpack.Hanging feeders do swing around a bit in the wind so you need to make sure they can't hit anything (or anyone!)... I have homemade versions on quite long chains, to stop the cats reaching them. Not nearly as pretty, but the birds don't seem to mind!I don't find these spiral hangers very useful for bird food but filling them with nesting material is nice idea.[img]http://www.sherwoods-photo.com/wildlife_world/SPF1SW-std.jpg[/img] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Christine Animal Posted February 12, 2010 Share Posted February 12, 2010 Aren't they for the fat balls Ame, at least that's what I use them for. Now I've found the pretty one I like you showed above far cheaper at £ 16.61 here and with a version you can fix to the wall, so no blowing about. [:)]http://www.environmentalgardener.co.uk/acatalog/Wildlife_Feeding.html (Just realised those prices are without VAT). See the lovely birds my friend in Pittsburgh gets in her feeder.[IMG]http://i15.photobucket.com/albums/a363/Bechamel/Pittsburgh/Pittsburgfeb2010.jpg[/IMG][IMG]http://i15.photobucket.com/albums/a363/Bechamel/Pittsburgh/PittsburFeb2010.jpg[/IMG][IMG]http://i15.photobucket.com/albums/a363/Bechamel/PitssbFeb2010.jpg[/IMG]and, on his way to the feeder [:D][IMG]http://i15.photobucket.com/albums/a363/Bechamel/Pittsburgh/PittsburghSquirrel.jpg[/IMG] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Théière Posted February 12, 2010 Share Posted February 12, 2010 Well I have loads of tits going mad over my fat balls as we speak [:)] Saves Wooly from saying it What about the robins they don't seem to feed that way Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
goose Posted February 12, 2010 Share Posted February 12, 2010 Couldn't see your pictures Christine [:(] The robins in our garden are going for the fat balls that we put in the planters attached to an old summerhouse. The blackbirds seem to like this way of getting them too. I also have some in an old baking tray positioned nearby the pond that the birds seem to love.I will look out for a nice bird table when we get back to Charente in 6 weeks time (I can't wait now I am soooooo excited) [:$] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Christine Animal Posted February 12, 2010 Share Posted February 12, 2010 [quote user="goose"]Couldn't see your pictures Christine [:(] [/quote] Sorry, you should be able to see them now. I tried to cheat by copying from an email without putting them in Photobucket. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Âme Posted February 12, 2010 Share Posted February 12, 2010 Top birds in your friend's feeder, Christine ! and I like that there's a sunroof to keep the rain off the seeds. I haven't tried the spiral thing for fatballs... of course it would work for them. I usually hang the nets on hooks over the hanging table so that the dropped seeds caught and then eaten. I tried an apple in the spiral once but that was ignored! I've noticed birds collecting dog hair, in the (unswept [:$]) courtyard, at nesting time so I think they might be attracted by bit of lambswool... just another lure to get them to land where I can watch them.The thatched bird table on the last website... now that's for classy birds. [:)] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dog Posted February 12, 2010 Share Posted February 12, 2010 Don't buy a bird table just use your old satelite dish as a watering hole and as a roof for the feeding station supported by spiral tree wood found in the forest et voila...[IMG]http://i823.photobucket.com/albums/zz152/wynkindeworde/birdtable.jpg[/IMG] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Christine Animal Posted February 12, 2010 Share Posted February 12, 2010 Yes, very good. I was thinking it would be just as good to nail something on to a fence post so it wouldn't blow over.Looks like you've got one of those spiral bits coming out of the roof of the barn. [geek] Ame, they say to take the netting off the fat balls as they can get their feet caught in it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dog Posted February 12, 2010 Share Posted February 12, 2010 That ain't no barn that's the beach bar with bamboo roof to keep the sun off the G&T's in the summer -made from fallen logs in the forest. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Christine Animal Posted February 12, 2010 Share Posted February 12, 2010 Well, you've got plenty of icicles for the GandT's right now! [:D] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gardian Posted February 12, 2010 Share Posted February 12, 2010 [quote user="Théière"]What about the robins they don't seem to feed that way[/quote]Around here, the Great Tits & Blue Tits feed from the suspended fat balls.The others - Wagtails, Redstarts (Moussier's) & Robins feed from the other seeds we put out on the wall & what falls from the fat balls. The poor old Robins seem to get bullied by the others - tough old life, but they're always back in the Spring, as perky as ever. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Russethouse Posted February 12, 2010 Share Posted February 12, 2010 Robins like oatmeal - its worth sprinkling some on hard ground. We've stopped feeding peanuts as even good makes don't seem to last in damp weather, we now feed sunflower hearts instead which are much more popular Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Joe Posted February 12, 2010 Share Posted February 12, 2010 I have 2 bird feeders and 6 "lard" balls.The feeders are filled every day.I think I am feeding all the tits in Brittany. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dog Posted February 12, 2010 Share Posted February 12, 2010 [quote user="Christine Animal"]Well, you've got plenty of icicles for the GandT's right now! [:D] [/quote] Certainly have right now and I cropped the amazing friend you led us to out of the picture...Atlas sends a loving growl...as I do to... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gardengirl Posted February 13, 2010 Share Posted February 13, 2010 We've also stopped using peanuts - I never did like the damp air in the Thames Valley! Sunflower hearts go down a treat. We've also stopped using nyjer seed, as the green and goldfinches threw it everywhere despite having a nyjer feeder and one of those plasic bases to catch what they dropped. We were getting hoards of rats coming to collect nyjer seed from the ground! I'm told rats also love the oils in nyjer seed. We have woodland behind us, and I know they're always around, but specially bringing in coach trips of them was too much! ;o) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Âme Posted February 13, 2010 Share Posted February 13, 2010 [quote user="Christine Animal"]Ame, they say to take the netting off the fat balls as they can get their feet caught in it. [/quote] Thank you, I didn't know that. The spiral is coming out of storage TDS. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mary Posted February 13, 2010 Share Posted February 13, 2010 Hi Russet House' Where do you get the Sunflower hearts from as I can only find them with the shells on. I get my parents to bring sacks over when they come from the UK.I could not find a birde feeder/table, so my husband put two hangng basket brackets on to a wooden stake, and I hang seed feeders and Fat balls off all the swirly wrought iron ends. Works really well. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Russethouse Posted February 13, 2010 Share Posted February 13, 2010 We use RSPB sunflower hearts which our local garden centre stocks, but you could order (for delivery to your parents) from Haiths hereWe use a peanut holder but fill it over the birfeed bin as you lose a few until they compact a bit, then its fine. They are VERY popular with the birds.Woke up to see a male pheasant in the garden this a.m, first time here as we are really in the suburbs..... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Âme Posted February 13, 2010 Share Posted February 13, 2010 After reading your earlier post RH I put out some sunflower hearts (from the kitchen supply) on the birdtable... watched for a few mins, no birds. Checked half an hour later, no seeds! Did the same again this afternoon, same result. So, I haven't, yet, spotted which birds are eating them but they certainly disappeared fast! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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