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Recommend me a squirrel-proof bird feeder

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newyorkbreakfast · 02/12/2025 14:00

Has anyone found a good one?
I am not seeing any robins in the garden this year, despite a healthy number in the past, and I hope to lure them back with a feeder.

Lots of flipping cats everywhere, and pigeons, but it’s fairly bushy out there so small birds can hide. I just don’t know where they’ve all gone.

thanks

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ILoveCatsAndKittens · 25/04/2026 07:46

Thank you for this! I already have two of these, I get so many blue tits on them but have never seen my Robin friend on them.

ILoveCatsAndKittens · 25/04/2026 07:49

mollypopsal · 24/04/2026 21:21

Hi ILoveCatsAndKittens,
I have at least 4 robins that live in my garden, and none of them eat out of the bird feeder. They eat out of a flat dish on a pole that stands in a plant pot or off the ground. I only feed on the ground when my cats are staying indoors for obvious reasons! The pigeons will eat from the ground, but I just chase them away by making a noise. I usually feed the birds around the same time each day, and the robins hang around waiting. They also like mealworms, if you can get any.

I do feed same time every morning and occasionally see the Robin hanging around. He/she will pick up bits off the floor if there aren't too many pigeons around.
Hanging bird feeders out all day and regularly see blue tits on them. The odd cheeky pigeon hangs on them flapping about shaking seed onto the floor as well!

nagnagnag · 25/04/2026 08:22

Agoddessonamountaintop · 15/01/2026 11:35

I stopped feeding the birds last year as I kept coming across tiny tragic bundles of feathers left behind by the neighbourhood bastard cats. I’ve been feeling really bad with all this dreadful weather and also missing them. I saw this on instagram yesterday and it’s cleared my guilt:
https://www.instagram.com/reel/DTdbq6ZjbDL/?igsh=Yzk3c2tvdDZsYTM4

That video is really interesting- thanks for posting.

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