How To Make A Bird Table With Roof

The best plants to use for green roofs on your bird table are the smaller species of sedum as they can withstand drought and grow on poor soil.

How to make a bird table with roof.

If you re unsure start with a tabletop roughly 12 by 18 inches 30 by 46 cm in size. Build the faces for the bird table shelter from 1x8s. Size how big or small you should make your bird table. Download a plan to make your bird table.

To make it easier you can buy ready made sedum matting which you simply cut to size and roll out. Some birds may even roost at night on a table with a roof. Trim a large 1 2 inch 1 3 cm thick piece of wood to your desired size. Fitting the roof to the bird shelter.

A simple bird table verses an elaborate bird table image courtesy of pinterest. With a handsaw or circular saw trim off any excess wood to bring your tabletop to the right size. Fit the pieces to the top of the bird shelter walls and lock them into place with 1 1 2 nails. Firstly before you start thinking about the design of the bird table you first need to consider.

A simple but very effective way of keeping pigeons and other large birds off your bird table leaving it free for the garden birds we love. Since making the original bird table i have got a new workshop and i put hexagonal felt shingles on the roof. Create a green roof for your bird table with the help of our simple five step guide. It also provides a dry place for seed hoppers and nut containers.

A roof can however deter the shyer and larger species from visiting and in most cases an open table is really just as good. The thing about the felt shingles that i had not realized is that you do not get individual shingles but sheets of 3 shingles and when you overlay the top with the next row you cover up the joints and they look like individual shingles. Use a measuring tape to mark out the desired size of your bird table tabletop.