AKA Matthew
New member
Hello..
I'm at the end of my tether with... you've probably guessed - pigeons. I won't bore you with a 20,000-word post about my loathing for these creatures, but I do require some help in deterring the foul-feathered abominations. I'm sure there are people who like them - you should probably stop reading... now.
I'm over-run with them. They gather at the bottom of the feeing pole, hoovering up split seed. Directly underneath the feeder I have a ground table with a cage over it. This catches spilt seed and also offers smaller birds to eat it and anything else I place in there.
My main annoyance is that the flying rats have worked out how to eat from the four-port feeder; they cling to the bottom perch rings and stuff their filthy beaks into the top port. This scares off the smaller birds. That's the last straw for me.
I basically need a feeder they can not 'get at' and one which will not lead to the finches spilling so much and encouraging the pigeons to gather around the base of the pole. Can anyone recommend such a feeder?
I have tried this feeder, but it was a total faff to dissemble and clean and I sent it straight back without ever using it.
If anyone can suggest anything, I would be very grateful. It's reached a point where I am thinking about removing the pole and not feeding them any more. I really don't want to do that, but I can't have all these horrible creatures in my garden.
I'm at the end of my tether with... you've probably guessed - pigeons. I won't bore you with a 20,000-word post about my loathing for these creatures, but I do require some help in deterring the foul-feathered abominations. I'm sure there are people who like them - you should probably stop reading... now.
I'm over-run with them. They gather at the bottom of the feeing pole, hoovering up split seed. Directly underneath the feeder I have a ground table with a cage over it. This catches spilt seed and also offers smaller birds to eat it and anything else I place in there.
My main annoyance is that the flying rats have worked out how to eat from the four-port feeder; they cling to the bottom perch rings and stuff their filthy beaks into the top port. This scares off the smaller birds. That's the last straw for me.
I basically need a feeder they can not 'get at' and one which will not lead to the finches spilling so much and encouraging the pigeons to gather around the base of the pole. Can anyone recommend such a feeder?
I have tried this feeder, but it was a total faff to dissemble and clean and I sent it straight back without ever using it.
If anyone can suggest anything, I would be very grateful. It's reached a point where I am thinking about removing the pole and not feeding them any more. I really don't want to do that, but I can't have all these horrible creatures in my garden.