Shepherd Hook Feeder Pole
Water
The half of it most gardens forget
Birds need water every day, for drinking and for keeping their feathers in flying order. Far more gardens feed them than water them.
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Feeders
Shelter, seed and somewhere to perch
Hanging cages, window feeders and sheltered tables, chosen for UK garden birds and proper British weather.
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Bath stakes
A drink at flower height
Shallow dishes on a stake, set among the planting where small birds already feel safe.
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Start with the bird
Which bird visits you?
Bird feeders, bird baths and solar water fountains for UK garden birds
Free UK deliveryOn orders over £20
Dispatched fastWithin 48 hours
30-day returnsWe pay the postage
UK garden birdsNo imported species lists
Shop by range
Start with what you want to feed
Six ranges cover almost every garden. If you have never hung a feeder before, start with fat balls or a window feeder.
The one everyone asks about
Squirrels, rats and pigeons
The most-searched question in British bird feeding, and the one most shops answer with a gadget. It is really a system: the right feeder, a baffle, and above all the right position.
- A caged fat-ball feeder is the cheapest first step — small birds in, big birds out.
- Position beats hardware. Two metres from anything a squirrel can launch off.
- A tray under the feeder stops the spill that brings rats in the first place.
Caged fat-ball feeder
Bestsellers
What people are actually buying
Water
Far more gardens feed birds than water them
Birds need water every day, for drinking and for keeping their feathers in flying order. In a dry August, and in a hard frost, water pulls in more species than any feeder you can hang.
- Shallow beats deep — birds want to stand up in it, not swim.
- Moving water is seen and heard from much further away, and it does not stagnate.
- Solar fountains need no wiring and no batteries. Sun out, fountain on.
Solar bath fountain
Which bird visits you?
Pick a bird. We will tell you what it eats.
The fastest way to choose a feeder is to start from the bird, not the product. These are the six you are most likely to be looking at right now.
A quieter garden
Our story
Ten minutes at the kitchen window
The world feels quieter when the birds arrive. A robin on the fence, a flurry of long-tailed tits through the border, goldfinches bickering over the nyjer — ten minutes of that at the kitchen window does more for a day than most things you can buy.
So we built the shop we wanted: feeders for every food, water that keeps moving, and honest advice about what British garden birds actually want. Just UK species, just proper kit, chosen to turn your patch into a small sanctuary.
More about usOur promise
What you can expect from us
We have not been open long enough to have a wall of reviews, and we are not going to invent any. Here is what we will hold ourselves to instead.
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Chosen for UK gardens
Everything here is picked for British birds and British weather — not lifted from an American catalogue full of birds you will never see.
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Advice before upsell
Fifteen guides, written by people who feed birds, telling you what to buy and just as often what not to bother with.
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Thirty days, no argument
If it is not right, tell us within thirty days and we refund the lot, return postage included.
Guides & advice
Read this before you buy anything
Buyer's Guides
Best Bird Feeders UK: The Complete Buyer's Guide
The best bird feeder for most UK gardens is a hanging tube seed feeder filled with sunflower hearts, which suits tits, finches and…
Read the guide Bird Baths & WaterBird Baths and Feeders: The Complete Water Guide
Pair every feeder with a bird bath no deeper than five to ten centimetres, with sloping sides and a rough surface for grip. Site it…
Read the guide Which Feeder for Which FoodBird Feed and Feeders: Matching the Right Feeder to Every Food
Match the food to the feeder and the birds follow: sunflower hearts in a tube feeder for tits and finches, nyjer in a fine-port…
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What bird feeder should I buy first?
For most UK gardens the best first buy is a hanging feeder filled with sunflower hearts, because tits, finches and sparrows all use it. British Bird Feeders suggests starting with one good feeder plus water, then adding a second for peanuts or fat balls once your regulars settle in.
- Sunflower hearts suit more UK garden birds than any other single food.
- Hang the feeder two metres from cover so birds can retreat but cats cannot ambush.
- Water matters as much as food, and far fewer gardens offer it.
- Clean feeders every two weeks — a dirty feeder spreads disease faster than an empty one starves.
- Free UK delivery over £20, every order dispatched within 48 hours.
Common questions
Feeding garden birds: the basics
A hanging tube or cage feeder filled with sunflower hearts suits the widest range of UK garden birds — blue tits, great tits, goldfinches, greenfinches and house sparrows all feed from one. Add a bird bath and you will draw species that never visit a feeder at all.
Two to three metres from a hedge or shrub, so birds have quick cover but nothing can creep up unseen. Keep it away from windows birds might fly into, and at least two metres from any fence, wall or branch a squirrel can launch from.
Every two weeks in normal weather, and weekly in warm or wet spells. Take the feeder apart, scrub it with hot soapy water, rinse it thoroughly and let it dry completely before refilling. Move the feeder around the garden occasionally so droppings do not build up in one spot.
Yes. British Bird Feeders delivers anywhere in the UK, free on orders over £20 and £5.99 below that. Every order is dispatched within 48 hours and covered by a 30-day money-back guarantee — if it is not right we refund in full and pay the return postage.