Ground Bird Feeder Haven Cage

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Offering food to ground-feeding birds on a bird table keeps mess off your lawn and provides some protection from rodents and predators. Try pairing a sturdy feeder (see RSPB Ultimate easy-clean feeders above) with a guardian. The gaps in the guardian aren’t big enough for magpies to reach through to the food in the feeder, and the sturdiness of the feeder will resist any potential damage from the end of magpies’ beaks. However, the most important factor to consider is bird safety. Is the feeder safe for birds to use? With no points where birds’ feet could get trapped? What bird food do you need for your bird feeder? And, if you have squirrels or cats in your garden, what is the best feeder to keep your bird food and birds safe? All RSPB bird feeders are designed with bird safety in mind. Read on to learn more about the different options available. Seed feeders With a specialist ground bird feeder, you can easily attract specific types of birds to your garden that don’t like to feed on hanging bird feeders. A ground feeder is ideal for almost any type of garden and makes for the perfect addition to your existing feeding accessories. Not all birds enjoy eating from hanging feeders, which is why a stylish ground bird feeder cage is ideal. Like pigeons, they are ground feeders and not built to eat clinging to tree trunks or hanging bird feeders.

In contrast to the thrushes, doves and pigeons are granivorous birds, eating mainly grains and hard-husked seeds. So although both groups of bird feed on the ground, what they eat is quite different. Game Birds We recommend you place this sanctuary over a specially designed ground feeding table, such as our RSPB Ground feeding table. Structure of this simple ground feeder is a metal square bar tied in with the rim of the metal mesh lining. Size1 - Narrow Mesh-measuring 35mm x 70mm, keeps out larger birds (as below) and will also keep out most squirrels and mature starlings. *Please also note that juvenile starlings may be able to squeeze through this mesh, so we cannot guarantee its effectiveness against young starlings. We’d suggest that if you plan to offer bird food at ground level, you try to keep your garden cat-free. We have a guide here.There are many deterrents on the market, that can be used with varying degrees of success, to create a cat-free zone in your garden. We have tested and approved the Catwatch deterrent. When the sensor inside detects movement it emits a high-pitched sound disliked by most cats (but inaudible to humans). The frequency emitted is unique to cats hearing range, so the Catwatch won't bother other garden wildlife, such as hedgehogs.

Always offer a drink. Offering clean water alongside food is important to all birds, but it’s especially crucial for the granivorous birds like doves and pheasant, who get very little moisture from their food.For nyjer seed you need a specially designed feeder as this seed is smaller than other bird food. These special feeders have very small holes or slits instead of the standard feeding ports, which helps prevent too much seed from being wasted. Made from powder-coated steel, the guardian comes with pegs to secure it to the ground and there's room inside for an RSPB ground feeding table (not included). The top opens easily for cleaning and refilling. Many ground-feeding birds just aren’t equipped to feed, hanging at an acrobatic angle from branches or tree trunks. So this means that they will also find it difficult to eat from your hanging feeders. Which Birds Are Ground Feeders?