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| Date First Available | 14 Aug. 2016 |
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| Customer Reviews |
4.5 out of 5 stars |
| Best Sellers Rank | 47,519 in Garden (See Top 100 in Garden) 83 in Birdhouses |
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The Hutch Company Fully Assembled Fordwich Black Rare Bird Table Retreat
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BB –
I bought this as with my existing simple bird table (which is open, no hood) the small birds eg blue tits and robins, even blackbirds were not getting a look-in as my garden hosts a lot of starlings, two crows and several pigeons and they made sure they monopolised the table. So this Fordwich table looked ideal. It was much much bigger and bulkier than I expected – about three times bigger than expected, but in a good way. And had slats on two sides which looked like it would keep out the bigger birds. I thought it was very sturdy, and very well built and attractive. The pole/stand was quite a bit shorter than I expected so the proportions didn’t seem quite in tune with the short pole and ginormous bird table on top but I’ve got used to it and think it looks lovely. It was easy to put together. As the table was much bigger than I expected, the two sides that did not have slats on to keep larger birds out seemed a bit odd (in fact big enough for a pigeon to get in!!) so I added extra slats across those two opening which was easy to do and only took about 15 minutes from cutting a bit of wood I found in the garage and screwing them on. With all the slats in place I put the seeds in a little container and popped it inside the fort-like table. By this time it was getting dark so no birds around. I get up next morning to an unusually noisy dawn chorus. Surely it must be a lot of blue tits and robins enjoying the safety of the new bird table!?! I look out the window and laughed uncontrollably for about 10 minutes! No robins in sight but at least 15 starlings were in or on the new bird table, babies were being fed on it, in it and dashing in and out however small the slats! So, that went well then!! But at least that meant they weren’t on the other open table so the robins and blue-tits had a field day eating the food on that! Even starlings can’t be in two places at once! But at least the pigeons, crows and other large birds can’t get in it. I don’t think blackbirds like it at all. The robins have been in occasionally when the starlings are flying manically around the garden or preoccupied elsewhere. But I give this product 5 stars. It does look extremely nice and in the winter when the starlings have hopefully moved out, it will give shelter to the smaller birds I’m sure. In short, I love it. I’ve named it Starling Lodge!
Lillian skeldon –
We are delighted with our new bird table. It looks great and is very well built and so easy to assemble. We read other reviews for different bird tables and decided to choose this one as it looked so much more sturdy and a decent size compared to others. We would highly recommend this table to anyone considering buying one. So far the birds have been visiting it regularly and we have had blue tits, great tits, coal tits, robins, sparrows and lots of chaffinches. A great buy and well worth the money.
Hazel –
To be honest I was shocked at how big it was and how well made and sturdy so I was really pleased with this bird table and it came in two parts with just 4 screws with holes pre drilled so was easy to to screw in place . I couldn’t wait to put it in the garden for my birds as I already have a feeder but I have pigeons and magpies and crows and seagulls too so my little birds get left out bless them also I have 5 squirrels which are now hand tame and come to me for their peanuts and they will go onto my feeder so this new bird table was just for the little ones and it didn’t disappoint at all almost immediately the bluetits and robins went straight in there and because the gap is quite small the pigeons haven’t attempted to go in neither have my naughty squirrels which is fantastic so I am pleased all round it looks great in the garden it does exactly what I wanted and it is really sturdy so won’t blow over easily although I have bought some sturdy pegs just in case so if you are thinking of buying a bird table this one ticks all the boxes as far as I am concerned .
Amazon CustomerAmazon Customer –
This is a substantial bird table, I bought it with the additional extn as our neighbours have cats. Although the bird table was slight damaged in transit, the seller resolved the issue within 24 hours. Would buy from them again. I added a couple of pieces of sliding uPVC beading vertically across the larger openings so that I could still clean the table but prevent the wood pigeons getting in, and a couple of cup hooks for the hanging feeders. Can be put straight out in the garden once assembled as it is pre treated , however I gave ours a couple of coats of additional preservative before assembly. Would recommend.
ANGIE WILLIAMSON –
My mum has been wanting a new Bird House for ages. She has several feeders all over the garden but the old house she had has practically fallen apart. I looked at loads and found this one. It is very solid and well made. Looks great in the garden. It is easy to fasten together as it comes in 2 pieces and it is just 4 screws which I managed easily.Mum loves it and it wasn’t that expensive either
Jo –
Fantastic quality, easy to assemble, only one gripe, on fitting the bird table onto the upright, it wasn’t a tight fit and although the firm had included some small plastic wedges (which fell out in a couple of days) and some screws to permanently fix it, which I didn’t want, the table is brilliant and looks great. My son has said he was going to buy one as he liked it so much
Grannie –
Bird table came assembled. Put extra slates across the feeding table to keep the pigeons out!
Rachel Hodges – Little Hereford, Ludlow –
I called for advice twice and the gentleman I spoke to couldn’t have been more helpful or patient. I bought this table for my elderly mum for Mother’s Day, also knowing she and my dad would be isolated for 3 months due to Covid-19…… I saw Joan Bakewell on the telly saying she would embrace self-isolation for reading, cooking and also for bird watching…..she had never studied birds and now had the chance to – inspired! Thank you Home and Roost for an excellent service and a beautiful bird table; thank you Joan Bakewell for a great idea!
Maria –
Sturdy, looks great and so easy to assemble the base. I’ve just ordered the wire stabilisers to ensure the wind doesn’t blow it over, but it’s heavy duty so just got them for piece of mind when we have strong winds. I would recommend this product.
Dorsay –
Lovely design and good quality wood and construction. It comes fully assembled so literally, you just have secure (all the kit to do this is included) the house on top of the stand and it’s done. It looks lovely in the garden, has a Japanese garden effect with the Japanese maple behind it! I wanted a bird feeder house that wouldn’t allow the pigeons in. So far the blackbirds just love it and the pigeons haven’t (cross my fingers) found a way to get in. Very happy with it 🙂