Heavy Duty Squirrel & Starling Proof Peanut & Pellet Feeder

The Gardman Heavy Duty Squirrel Proof Peanut Bird Feeder can be used in gardens and outdoor areas of any size. The sturdy outer cage will keep both Squirrels and large birds at bay and your valuable peanuts safe for the smaller birds to enjoy in peace.

The large lid (with Squirrel proof fixing) will keep the worst of the rain off the feeder and a mesh tube will allow plenty of garden birds to feed. Made from durable metal and coated with a grey hard wearing paint, the Gardman Heavy Duty Squirrel feeder also benefits from an antibacterial coating to protect against microbes and germs, making it easy to clean and safe for humans and wildlife and resistant to rain and detergent.

Features

• Holds up to 530g of Peanuts
• Caged design prevents squirrels from stealing bird feed and stops large birds such as pigeons, and other predators from feeding or attacking smaller birds
• Uniquely designed branch shaped feeding perches
• Attractive gunmetal rust resistant powder coat finish
• Feedsafe biocidal coating kills bacteria on contact
• Large stainless steel hanging handles to easily place and remove the feeder
• Can be hung from a tree or Feeding Station

Dimensons: 24 x 24 x 29 cm

*A Note On Juvenile Squirrels and Juvenile large birds

The feeders can only protect against adult grey squirrels and large adult birds such as magpies, crows rooks etc, which ultimately do the most damage. Some birds, such as a woodpecker, wont fit through the bars but could manage to get their beaks inside and access the food.

There is always a chance than an adolescent young squirrel could squeeze into the bars and access the feeder. The young squirrels look very similar to adults but are actually far fluffier making them much more flexible! Squirrels are normally born in March, April, July and August so there may well be a risk around these months. This is short term issue and will be the problem of any feeder that has researched the necessary bar spacing required. You may also find that adolescent jackdaws, crows and pigeons may find their way in. The bars on these feeders cannot be made smaller to protect from adolescent or red squirrels as this would pose a risk to the birds.

If squirrels do manage to get into the feeders to prevent damage to the plastic tubes a a dash of chilli flakes mixed in with the nuts or seeds will have no effect on the birds at all but will deter the squirrels.