Can anyone recommend a bird feeder on a metal pole which sticks into
the soil. I have seen one in a garden which looks good. I have seen
one on the internet which is made by Gardman but I cannot work out
whether it needs a base or whether it goes into the soil.
Any advice please?

Pam in Bristol

Pam Moore wrote:

Can anyone recommend a bird feeder on a metal pole which sticks into
the soil. I have seen one in a garden which looks good. I have seen
one on the internet which is made by Gardman but I cannot work out
whether it needs a base or whether it goes into the soil.
Any advice please?

I have one of these:
http://shopping.rspb.org.uk/bird-foo...eder-pole.html

plus one of these:
http://shopping.rspb.org.uk/bird-foo...extension.html

plus some of these:
http://shopping.rspb.org.uk/bird-foo...hort-hook.html

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Chris

On 14 Nov 2012 09:09:14 GMT, "CT" wrote:

Pam Moore wrote:

Can anyone recommend a bird feeder on a metal pole which sticks into
the soil. I have seen one in a garden which looks good. I have seen
one on the internet which is made by Gardman but I cannot work out
whether it needs a base or whether it goes into the soil.
Any advice please?

I have one of these:
http://shopping.rspb.org.uk/bird-foo...eder-pole.html

plus one of these:
http://shopping.rspb.org.uk/bird-foo...extension.html

plus some of these:
http://shopping.rspb.org.uk/bird-foo...hort-hook.html

Thanks Chris
I hadn't thought of looking at RSPB.

Pam in Bristol

"CT" wrote in message
...
Pam Moore wrote:

Can anyone recommend a bird feeder on a metal pole which sticks into
the soil. I have seen one in a garden which looks good. I have seen
one on the internet which is made by Gardman but I cannot work out
whether it needs a base or whether it goes into the soil.
Any advice please?

I have one of these:
http://shopping.rspb.org.uk/bird-foo...eder-pole.html

plus one of these:
http://shopping.rspb.org.uk/bird-foo...extension.html

plus some of these:
http://shopping.rspb.org.uk/bird-foo...hort-hook.html

--
Chris

I can't find the one we had, which rusted away, had a two pronged bottom
which you just put your boot on the flat bit and drove it in.

The ground bit was as here
http://www.greatgardensonline.com/sh...crook-sc16.htm

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I'm an Angel, honest ! The horns are there just to keep the halo straight.

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On Wed, 14 Nov 2012 09:29:48 +0000, Pam Moore
wrote:

I hadn't thought of looking at RSPB.


Remember that the RSPB shop prices will be at a silly "premium" which
is why, though a member, I never buy from them. I suspect the amount
they actually get per sale isn't that much. The birds here would go
hungry if I still bought their bird food!

In the pre build-my-own days, I'd buy a bird table on feet or
something on a stand from a reasonably-priced place and simply use a
judiciously applied saw and/or chisel if needed plus a dab of paint or
preservative. The metal pole thing is still (after 20 years) doing
service in my sister's garden.

Cheers, Jake
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Urgling from the East End of Swansea Bay where sometimes
it's raining and sometimes it's not.

On 14/11/2012 08:51, Pam Moore wrote:
Can anyone recommend a bird feeder on a metal pole which sticks into
the soil. I have seen one in a garden which looks good. I have seen
one on the internet which is made by Gardman but I cannot work out
whether it needs a base or whether it goes into the soil.
Any advice please?

Pam in Bristol


Try a google search for Bird stations or wild bird feeding stations.
Looks as if the Argos one has a pointed base

On Wed, 14 Nov 2012 08:51:47 +0000, Pam Moore
wrote:

Can anyone recommend a bird feeder on a metal pole which sticks into
the soil. I have seen one in a garden which looks good. I have seen
one on the internet which is made by Gardman but I cannot work out
whether it needs a base or whether it goes into the soil.
Any advice please?


Ernest Charles stock a wide range of bird feeders and accessories such
as feeder station poles and they are very reliable from my experience.
http://www.ernest-charles.com/shop/B...ders-Home.html

The Droll Yankee range of feeders is very good and long lived, we
still have one of what they now call their 'Lifetime' feeders in daily
use that is nearly twenty years old.

If you are going to mounting a feeder or feeders on a pole please
remember that squirrels will easily scale any pole and that an
anti-squirrel baffle will be necessary if you use standard feeders.
http://www.ernest-charles.com/shop/info_GAR55A.html

When I first decided to mount a feeder on a pole there was not much
choice so I bought a length of 15mm copper plumbing pipe which I stuck
in the lawn and mounted the feeder on top. We now have a length of
22mm copper pipe with four good hanging basket brackets fitted to the
top and a variety of feeders hanging from them.
--
rbel

On 14/11/2012 22:48, rbel wrote:
On Wed, 14 Nov 2012 08:51:47 +0000, Pam Moore
wrote:

Can anyone recommend a bird feeder on a metal pole which sticks into
the soil. I have seen one in a garden which looks good. I have seen
one on the internet which is made by Gardman but I cannot work out
whether it needs a base or whether it goes into the soil.
Any advice please?


Ernest Charles stock a wide range of bird feeders and accessories such
as feeder station poles and they are very reliable from my experience.
http://www.ernest-charles.com/shop/B...ders-Home.html

The Droll Yankee range of feeders is very good and long lived, we
still have one of what they now call their 'Lifetime' feeders in daily
use that is nearly twenty years old.

If you are going to mounting a feeder or feeders on a pole please
remember that squirrels will easily scale any pole and that an
anti-squirrel baffle will be necessary if you use standard feeders.
http://www.ernest-charles.com/shop/info_GAR55A.html

When I first decided to mount a feeder on a pole there was not much
choice so I bought a length of 15mm copper plumbing pipe which I stuck
in the lawn and mounted the feeder on top. We now have a length of
22mm copper pipe with four good hanging basket brackets fitted to the
top and a variety of feeders hanging from them.
--
rbel


I hung our small bird feeder on string from a hanging basket bracket. It
took the squirrel a day to work it out and I filmed his antics. He
hasn't been back so hopefully he thinks it's more trouble than it's
worth. He didn't like being dive bombed by a robin either. Vicious
little birds!

I brought one of these from this guy recently, it pushes/hammers into the ground and is excellent. The local tree rat finds it difficult to walk along the arms so he's given up.

GARDEN BIRD FEEDING FEEDER STATION/FEED/WATER TABLE WITH BARLEY TWIST | eBay

"stuart noble" wrote in message
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I hung our small bird feeder on string from a hanging basket bracket. It
took the squirrel a day to work it out and I filmed his antics. He hasn't
been back so hopefully he thinks it's more trouble than it's worth. He
didn't like being dive bombed by a robin either. Vicious little birds!

I can vouch for the agility of the squirrel, Regularly, daily, a large
squirrel runs along an overhead pvc covered aerial cable with absolutely no
effort at all, for a distance of about 120 feet.. Fascinating to watch.
Bill

CJ birdfood do a good range. Not cheap, but the different bits fit together well with a lot of interchangeability, and the metal ones are robust (perches tend to crack on the plastic models.

CJ WildBird Foods - Bird Feeders

I think is what you want - a feeder on a pole. You can add squirrel baffles to the mix, get a device that fits in the top to allow you to hang two or more feeders, extensions for the pole if you want it higher, etc.

In article , kay
writes
CJ birdfood do a good range. Not cheap, but the different bits fit

together well with a lot of interchangeability, and the metal ones are

robust (perches tend to crack on the plastic models.

'CJ WildBird Foods - Bird Feeders' (http://tinyurl.com/cvpx39d)

I think is what you want - a feeder on a pole. You can add squirrel

baffles to the mix, get a device that fits in the top to allow you to

hang two or more feeders, extensions for the pole if you want it higher,

etc.



I have, over the years Kay, bought four from CJ and whilst their food is
brilliant their bird feeders stands need a bit of tweaking. What happens
is that the pole gets water inside whatever you do and then when it
freezes it starts to push up the connections (even though there is a
hole at the bottom of the pole) and in the end the whole shooting match
bursts off the bottom pole one night and takes all the bird feeders etc.
with it!!

Now i buy CJ feeders and food but got a simple 'gardman' something or
other which is just a plain pole in the ground rather than the spokes
etc., which anyway were a fiddle to mow round.

--
Janet Tweedy
Dalmatian Telegraph
http://www.lancedal.demon.co.uk

Interesting - I've never had that problem.

"spokes etc" - were we talking about a different CJ feeder? Mine is just a simple pole.

In article , kay
writes
"spokes etc" - were we talking about a different CJ feeder? Mine is just
a simple pole.




--
kay


Mine were the pole with the splayed out arms for a stand I thought it
would be more stable as we put very large feeders out Now it's just a
pole that leans a bit
--
Janet Tweedy
Dalmatian Telegraph
http://www.lancedal.demon.co.uk

Mine is the simple pole, that you just lean on and push into the ground. Certainly haven't had the freezing/disconnection problem that you have had.