Problem solved, explained
Practical, plainly written guides from the people who design the products — Roamwild is a family-run British product design company, run by the same family since 1990. Every guide is written and reviewed in-house, and every claim is checked against what we have built, tested and watched in real gardens.
Bird feeding · The complete guide
The complete UK guide: how the four squirrel-deterrent mechanisms really compare, the 45cm placement rule, the spill control that keeps rats away, and the hygiene routine that keeps feeding safe all year round.
Bird feeding · Rats
Rats at the feeder are a symptom — seed on the ground is the cause. Why rats appear, why weight-activated ports shut them out, and the spill-control routine that removes what attracts them, without stopping feeding.
Bird feeding · Large birds
A species-by-species UK guide to the six big raiders — magpies, jackdaws, crows, wood pigeons, starlings and ring-necked parakeets — and the three defences that answer every tactic they try, without harming a single bird.
Bird feeding · Starlings & pigeons
Two problems, not one. Starlings feed on the feeder and are too light for any weight mechanism, so they need a size filter. Pigeons feed off the ground and are drawn by spill. The fix for each, without locking out the small birds — or the blackbirds.
Bird feeding · Comparison
The two mechanisms measure different things. A weight-activated feeder sorts your garden by mass, a cage sorts it by body size, and the animals that beat each one are different animals. Where each fails, including ours, and which one your garden needs.
Bird feeding · Placement
Most squirrel-proof feeders that "stop working" were never broken — they were hung in the wrong place. The one clearance figure with a real source, the popular numbers that have none, and how to site a feeder in the gardens where the tidy answer does not fit.
Bird feeding · Buying guide
The honest arithmetic. What the range costs, how many kilos of seed you have to stop losing before it pays for itself, how long it lasts, what the press and 323 customer reviews actually say — and the three cases where you should not buy one at all.
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