"Moonraker" wrote in message
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On 31/07/2012 05:37, graham wrote:
"Moonraker" wrote in message
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I am heartily sick of squirrels getting the lion's share of my bird
food.
As fast as I get rid of squirrels new ones come to replace them. Has
anyone
experience of those for sale? If so which are useless and which are
good?
The only problem that I can see is that the pair of woodpeckers (well I
say
pair maybe they are just friends) will be unable to feed. any help most
welcomed. TIA
--
Residing on low ground in North Staffordshire

http://www.leevalley.com/US/garden/p...719,33068&ap=1

http://www.leevalley.com/US/garden/p...719,33068&ap=1

http://www.leevalley.com/US/garden/p...719,33068&ap=1


I like the look of these, sadly they are made by a USA company, so I may
have difficulty procuring them here, however I will try. Thanks for the
pointer Graham

Lee Valley is Canadian and will send anywhere.
Graham

On 02/08/2012 16:58, cotula wrote:
On Tue, 31 Jul 2012 13:53:09 +0100, "Sue" wrote:


"Moonraker" wrote
On 29/07/2012 01:46, Sue wrote:

[Snip]
One is a strong 'caged' version from The Nuttery (got it on ebay at a
good price). The other has no cage, so great spotted woodpeckers
still come and visit it, but it's made with a tough ceramic top and
bottom and the body is of perforated steel rather than wire. You undo
a wing-nut and take the base off to refill.
It's proved strong enough to foil the blighters even after several
year's use. The young ones do come and try a few times before they
learn they can't tear this one open no matter what they do - after
that they leave it alone. I can't remember the make now, but I found
it in a local garden centre.

Yours sounds good Sue, but sadly too little information to locate it!

I did try and Google up something similar but I can't find one like it
on the market now, either.

The sprung-loaded type ones that close off the nuts to anything heavy as
a squirrel look as though they might work. Something like this, perhaps?
http://gardenbirdfeeder.co.uk/acatal...f_Feeders.html

Good luck with the search anyway. Hope you find a solution - it's not as
if bird food costs peanuts these days. :-/

We also had one of the ceramic and perforated steel peanut feeders. I
looked for a replacement a while ago, as the ceramic top was broken
when the feeder fell (or was pushed!).

We have had a 'Squirrel Buster Plus' feeder as on the link above for
some years now. The plastic perch ring has been destroyed by squirrels
twice, but there are alloy perches which the birds do use without the
ring. I have not been in a position to check if certain birds are
discouraged by lack of a perch ring. NB When I got the replacement
perch ring, I was told it was not included in the lifetime guarantee.

The squirrels cannot get at the food directly from the feeder, unless
it is hung somewhere they can get to it side-on, e.g. a close-by
branch. It is a large feeder, so you need something quite high and
strong enough to take the weight when full. As we wanted to see the
birds, we resorted to getting a tree surgeon (here to do other work)
to fix a chain on a sturdy branch high up, so it dropped in a space
between lower branches.

Gardening on Wilts/Somerset border
on slightly alkaline clay.

Thanks for that Cotula, I was on the point of ordering one. When you say
the Buster Plus is large, how long do you think it is? I have tried the
ceramic topped ones, but found that the top did not last long, I suspect
not totally frost proof!

--
Residing on low ground in North Staffordshire

On Fri, 03 Aug 2012 16:45:46 +0100, Moonraker
wrote:

ranch. It is a large feeder, so you need something quite high and
strong enough to take the weight when full. As we wanted to see the
birds, we resorted to getting a tree surgeon (here to do other work)
to fix a chain on a sturdy branch high up, so it dropped in a space
between lower branches.



Thanks for that Cotula, I was on the point of ordering one. When you say
the Buster Plus is large, how long do you think it is? I have tried the
ceramic topped ones, but found that the top did not last long, I suspect
not totally frost proof!

Sorry to take so long to respond - life intruded!

He
http://www.haiths.com/Products/Squir...der-WBSD01011/
it says it is 710mm high. I think that would include the hanger at the
top, which is an integral part of it.

Gardening on Wilts/Somerset border
on slightly alkaline clay.

On 03/08/2012 14:53, graham wrote:
"Moonraker" wrote in message
...
On 31/07/2012 05:37, graham wrote:
"Moonraker" wrote in message
...
I am heartily sick of squirrels getting the lion's share of my bird
food.
As fast as I get rid of squirrels new ones come to replace them. Has
anyone
experience of those for sale? If so which are useless and which are
good?
The only problem that I can see is that the pair of woodpeckers (well I
say
pair maybe they are just friends) will be unable to feed. any help most
welcomed. TIA
--
Residing on low ground in North Staffordshire

http://www.leevalley.com/US/garden/p...719,33068&ap=1

http://www.leevalley.com/US/garden/p...719,33068&ap=1

http://www.leevalley.com/US/garden/p...719,33068&ap=1


I like the look of these, sadly they are made by a USA company, so I may
have difficulty procuring them here, however I will try. Thanks for the
pointer Graham

Lee Valley is Canadian and will send anywhere.
Graham


Thanks for all the replies and help on this one. I decided to go for the
"Squirrel Buster" versions from Gardenbirdfeeder.co.uk. I am hoping it
was not a mistake, all I got was an email from worldpay saying the money
had gone and it was an order from Gardenbirdfeeder, no mention of what I
had ordered. There was however an email address for the company to which
I sent a query,like dropping a pound coin down a bottomless well and
waiting for the splash. I tried to email them from their contact info on
their we page, it does not work. So I would advise anyone thinking of
using them to think very carefully, though there may be people here who
have and are happy with them.

--
Residing on low ground in North Staffordshire

"Moonraker" wrote in message
...
Thanks for all the replies and help on this one. I decided to go for the
"Squirrel Buster" versions from Gardenbirdfeeder.co.uk. I am hoping it was
not a mistake, all I got was an email from worldpay saying the money had
gone and it was an order from Gardenbirdfeeder, no mention of what I had
ordered. There was however an email address for the company to which I
sent a query,like dropping a pound coin down a bottomless well and waiting
for the splash. I tried to email them from their contact info on their we
page, it does not work. So I would advise anyone thinking of using them to
think very carefully, though there may be people here who have and are
happy with them.

This is becominjg a rapidly increasingly problem on the net. I estimate that
up to 50% of the
marketing messages on the net are either inertia selling or just plain
fraudulent. I will only
deal with well tried companies such as Amazon or companies that are happy to
provided all confirmations and contact details BEFORE they ask for your card
details. Honest companies will be only too happy to provide details. It
really is
caveat emptor these days - I know, I've been caught too.

Phil

Stay hopeful. I did a google search, they seem to have been around awhile, and I couldn't find any complaints against them, so you may be OK. If not, and you can find a UK snailmail address for them, then Trading Standards can be very helpful.

On 10/08/2012 10:58, Moonraker wrote:
On 03/08/2012 14:53, graham wrote:
"Moonraker" wrote in message
...
On 31/07/2012 05:37, graham wrote:
"Moonraker" wrote in message
...
I am heartily sick of squirrels getting the lion's share of my bird
food.
As fast as I get rid of squirrels new ones come to replace them. Has
anyone
experience of those for sale? If so which are useless and which are
good?
The only problem that I can see is that the pair of woodpeckers
(well I
say
pair maybe they are just friends) will be unable to feed. any help
most
welcomed. TIA
--
Residing on low ground in North Staffordshire

http://www.leevalley.com/US/garden/p...719,33068&ap=1


http://www.leevalley.com/US/garden/p...719,33068&ap=1


http://www.leevalley.com/US/garden/p...719,33068&ap=1



I like the look of these, sadly they are made by a USA company, so I may
have difficulty procuring them here, however I will try. Thanks for the
pointer Graham

Lee Valley is Canadian and will send anywhere.
Graham


Thanks for all the replies and help on this one. I decided to go for the
"Squirrel Buster" versions from Gardenbirdfeeder.co.uk. I am hoping it
was not a mistake, all I got was an email from worldpay saying the money
had gone and it was an order from Gardenbirdfeeder, no mention of what I
had ordered. There was however an email address for the company to which
I sent a query,like dropping a pound coin down a bottomless well and
waiting for the splash. I tried to email them from their contact info on
their we page, it does not work. So I would advise anyone thinking of
using them to think very carefully, though there may be people here who
have and are happy with them.


It seems as if they have Facebook and Twitter accounts, chase them up on
those,

"David Hill" wrote in message
...
On 10/08/2012 10:58, Moonraker wrote:

Thanks for all the replies and help on this one. I decided to go for
the "Squirrel Buster" versions from Gardenbirdfeeder.co.uk. I am
hoping it was not a mistake, all I got was an email from worldpay
saying the money had gone and it was an order from Gardenbirdfeeder,
no mention of what I had ordered. There was however an email address
for the company to which I sent a query,like dropping a pound coin
down a bottomless well and waiting for the splash. I tried to email
them from their contact info on their we page, it does not work. So I
would advise anyone thinking of using them to think very carefully,
though there may be people here who have and are happy with them.


It seems as if they have Facebook and Twitter accounts, chase them up
on those,

Could be something as simple as their email is down atm, so give them a
chance, but if you don't get any email response there's a postal address
and phone number to try:
http://www.gmdu.net/map-350752.html

As a last resort in the event of no contact and the birdfeeder not
turning up within reasonable time, payment can always be claimed back
from your card company. You just fill in a form and give them all the
info, payment ref numbers and photocopies of anything relevant. I had to
do it once when a previous isp tried it on by taking an extra month's
payment after I'd cancelled an account, the card co looked into it and
the payment was reversed.

--
Sue

That is a legal requirement for credit cards, and I think only applies if the sum is over £100. Anything else (less than £100, or a debit card) is based on the goodwill of the card company.

"kay" wrote
'Sue[_11_ Wrote:
As a last resort in the event of no contact and the birdfeeder not
turning up within reasonable time, payment can always be claimed back
from your card company. You just fill in a form and give them all the
info, payment ref numbers and photocopies of anything relevant. I had
to do it once when a previous isp tried it on by taking an extra
month's payment after I'd cancelled an account, the card co looked
into it and the payment was reversed.

That is a legal requirement for credit cards, and I think only applies
if the sum is over £100. Anything else (less than £100, or a debit
card) is based on the goodwill of the card company.

It never occurred to me about a lower limit but I believe you're right.
However, you don't get if you never ask. It was only £15 I was
incorrectly charged, but it was more the principle than the amount and I
could prove they were in the wrong. The cc company reversed the charge
without a fuss - they must have been having an unusual excess of
goodwill that day.

--
Sue

On Wed, 08 Aug 2012 21:21:41 +0100, cotula wrote:
http://www.haiths.com/Products/Squir...d-Seed-Feeder-
WBSD01011/

Does anyone make a birdproof squirrel feeder? I don't like
discrimination.




--
Bob Harvey