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Hi Guys

i thought this would be a nice thread for everyone to contributr towards. Basically, if you have any feeder, tray etc that you have made yourself post it here and let others try it out. I would be particularly interested if anyone has a 'do-it-yourself' made tray that catches falling seed from feeders.

Get Contributing!

MattSharps

This is not a seed tray but it's related.

It's my way of keeping Woodpigeons and Collared Doves from feeding off the seed on the seed tray. It's made out of chicken wire. Cut out a strip about 8 cm wide which is flat on one side (so cut along a wire that runs through the chicken wire) but on the over side cut through the middle of hexagons to leave bits of wire sticking up. You can make it more substantial by making it a 16 cm strip, cutting the middle of hexagons on both sides and folding it in the middle. Then wind it into a spiral and fold some of the wires over at appropriate points to fix the shape.

I'll post a photo tomorrow, but it's easy and cheap to make seed feeders from a plastic bottle, a chopstick, some wire and a piece of plastic from another bottle.
I say cheap, I counted the cost of the bottled water that I tipped down the sink as the only suitable bottle the garage had was fizzy water...