Hi

Any suggestions on a half-decent, relatively cheap bird-table?

I've just opened one I got from B&Q (£25) and it's a turkey - parts broken
or coming apart, naff instructions

It's going back tomorrow (Paisley, near Glasgow)

TIA

Flynn

On Feb 13, 5:38*pm, "Flynn" wrote:
Hi

Any suggestions on a half-decent, relatively cheap bird-table?

I've just opened one I got from B&Q (£25) and it's a turkey - parts broken
or coming apart, naff instructions

It's going back tomorrow *(Paisley, near Glasgow)

TIA

Flynn

Have yuou looked at the RSPB site ?
http://shopping.rspb.org.uk/pages/se...=bird%20tables

"Flynn" wrote in message
...
Hi

Any suggestions on a half-decent, relatively cheap bird-table?

I've just opened one I got from B&Q (£25) and it's a turkey - parts broken
or coming apart, naff instructions

It's going back tomorrow (Paisley, near Glasgow)

TIA

Make your own? It's not difficult, even I can do it.
And once you get into it, you will make your own nestboxes and then you will
tell us about all the birds on your table and what they are doing in your
nestboxes.

On Mon, 13 Feb 2012 17:38:04 -0000, "Flynn" wrote:

Hi

Any suggestions on a half-decent, relatively cheap bird-table?

I've just opened one I got from B&Q (£25) and it's a turkey - parts broken
or coming apart, naff instructions

It's going back tomorrow (Paisley, near Glasgow)

TIA

Flynn

You get what you pay for and a cheap bird table isn't going to last
well. If you can go up market a bit, whilst you may pay a bit more
now, it'll pay in the long run.

Alternatively, if you can manage some relatively simple DIY you can
make your own. Basic table for under a tenner, table plus stand for
under £20, table plus stand plus roof for about £25. If you know a
fencing supplier from whom you can cadge some offcuts you could do it
even cheaper.

If you want the DIY route I can post instructions for how I built my
table which is still going strong after 20 years and will probably
last as long again.

Cheers, Jake
=======================================
Urgling happily from the dryer end of Swansea Bay where
the four seasons are salt,pepper,mustard and vinegar.

On Mon, 13 Feb 2012 18:04:25 -0000, "Christina Websell"
wrote:


"Flynn" wrote in message
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Hi

Any suggestions on a half-decent, relatively cheap bird-table?



Make your own? It's not difficult, even I can do it.
And once you get into it, you will make your own nestboxes and then you will
tell us about all the birds on your table and what they are doing in your
nestboxes.


large plant pot saucers can make a quick one fixed to the top of a
wooden broom stick.
Drill holes for drainage. Use two separated on a bit of metal
studding by nuts and washers with the studding fixed into a drilled
hole in the broomstick end and a good external resin glue. This gives
a roof over the lower one.
I also use single saucers mounted on a shortened stick under hanging
seed feeders, little birds drop things that land in saucer, big birds
like wood pigeon feed on the waste rather than it going on the ground
and becoming Rat food.

G.Harman

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On Mon, 13 Feb 2012 18:04:25 -0000, "Christina Websell"
wrote:


"Flynn" wrote in message
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Hi

Any suggestions on a half-decent, relatively cheap bird-table?



Make your own? It's not difficult, even I can do it.
And once you get into it, you will make your own nestboxes and then you
will
tell us about all the birds on your table and what they are doing in your
nestboxes.


large plant pot saucers can make a quick one fixed to the top of a
wooden broom stick.
Drill holes for drainage. Use two separated on a bit of metal
studding by nuts and washers with the studding fixed into a drilled
hole in the broomstick end and a good external resin glue. This gives
a roof over the lower one.
I also use single saucers mounted on a shortened stick under hanging
seed feeders, little birds drop things that land in saucer, big birds
like wood pigeon feed on the waste rather than it going on the ground
and becoming Rat food.

G.Harman

I similar vein, buy a small tea tray from a "pound shop" and fix it to some
sort of post as suggested above.

Of course there will be no roof but it is basic.

Bill

On Feb 14, 3:26*pm, "Bill Grey" wrote:
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On Mon, 13 Feb 2012 18:04:25 -0000, "Christina Websell"
wrote:

"Flynn" wrote in message
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Hi

Any suggestions on a half-decent, relatively cheap bird-table?

Make your own? *It's not difficult, even I can do it.
And once you get into it, you will make your own nestboxes and then you
will
tell us about all the birds on your table and what they are doing in your
nestboxes.

large plant pot saucers can make a quick one fixed to the top of a
wooden broom stick.
Drill holes for drainage. *Use two separated on a bit of metal
studding by nuts and washers with the studding fixed into *a drilled
hole in *the broomstick end and a good external resin glue. This gives
a roof over the lower one.
I also use single saucers mounted on a shortened stick under hanging
seed feeders, little birds drop things that land in saucer, big birds
like wood pigeon feed on the waste rather than it going on the ground
and becoming Rat food.

G.Harman

*I similar vein, buy a small tea tray from a "pound shop" and fix it to some
sort of post as suggested above.

Of course there will be no roof but it *is basic.

Bill- Hide quoted text -

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OR
if you can get a bit of an old Branch (oak or sim) that's well
branched, Plant it upright and use the various branches to hang
feeders ets from, and use one to fasten a "Table" to. Remembering that
what ever you use, the water needs to be able to drain from.

"Dave Hill" wrote in message
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On Feb 14, 3:26 pm, "Bill Grey" wrote:
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On Mon, 13 Feb 2012 18:04:25 -0000, "Christina Websell"
wrote:

"Flynn" wrote in message
...
Hi

Any suggestions on a half-decent, relatively cheap bird-table?

Make your own? It's not difficult, even I can do it.
And once you get into it, you will make your own nestboxes and then you
will
tell us about all the birds on your table and what they are doing in
your
nestboxes.

large plant pot saucers can make a quick one fixed to the top of a
wooden broom stick.
Drill holes for drainage. Use two separated on a bit of metal
studding by nuts and washers with the studding fixed into a drilled
hole in the broomstick end and a good external resin glue. This gives
a roof over the lower one.
I also use single saucers mounted on a shortened stick under hanging
seed feeders, little birds drop things that land in saucer, big birds
like wood pigeon feed on the waste rather than it going on the ground
and becoming Rat food.

G.Harman

I similar vein, buy a small tea tray from a "pound shop" and fix it to
some
sort of post as suggested above.

Of course there will be no roof but it is basic.

Bill- Hide quoted text -

- Show quoted text -

OR
if you can get a bit of an old Branch (oak or sim) that's well
branched, Plant it upright and use the various branches to hang
feeders ets from, and use one to fasten a "Table" to. Remembering that
what ever you use, the water needs to be able to drain from.

That would look very attractive, much nicer than sawn timber in the right
environment.

Bill

In article
, Dave
Hill writes
Have yuou looked at the RSPB site ?
http://shopping.rspb.org.uk/pages/se...=bird%20tables
Or make your own - lots of instructions on net

http://www.rspb.org.uk/advice/helpin...es/making.aspx

http://www.diyhowto.co.uk/projects/bird-table.htm
--
Janet Tweedy
Dalmatian Telegraph
http://www.lancedal.demon.co.uk