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In late March I bought this bird feeder while at the Richmond Gala at Avebury House. It’s a really clever design, using a wine bottle. You fill the bottle up with seed or nectar / sugar water, put it in place and then slowly unscrew the lid. If using sugar water, the water falls into a small dish but then doesn’t overflow – and then as the birds drink the water it gets topped up. There’s also a little ledge where you can put food too – I’ve put out an apple core, and I’ve also got fat balls they love too.

We got the bird feeder installed reasonably quickly, but I didn’t see any birds on it until a few days ago. It’s mostly visited by Wax-eyes, but I have seen one bellbird on it too.