How To Make A Bird Table With Roof

It also provides a dry place for seed hoppers and nut containers.

How to make a bird table with roof.

Use a measuring tape to mark out the desired size of your bird table tabletop. Too small and you may run the risk of fighting between the birds that come to visit. With a handsaw or circular saw trim off any excess wood to bring your tabletop to the right size. 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.

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. Firstly before you start thinking about the design of the bird table you first need to consider. Build the faces for the bird table shelter from 1x8s. A simple bird table verses an elaborate bird table image courtesy of pinterest.

Create a green roof for your bird table with the help of our simple five step guide. Since making the original bird table i have got a new workshop and i put hexagonal felt shingles on the roof. Use a jigsaw to make the angle cuts. 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.

To make it easier you can buy ready made sedum matting which you simply cut to size and roll out. Smooth the edges with sandpaper. Fitting the roof to the bird shelter. Some birds may even roost at night on a table with a roof.

A roof can however deter the shyer and larger species from visiting and in most cases an open table is really just as good. If you re unsure start with a tabletop roughly 12 by 18 inches 30 by 46 cm in size. Download a plan to make your bird table.