Unusual bird bath?

[Jackaroo]

Originally Posted by jaelen

Here's a closer photo of my frying pan/ bird bath... minus any birds, but they did come for a wash later.

The gargoyle is there to scare away cats. (Well, I had to do something to make up for it being just a battered old pan on the ground! )

I was using a frying pan too. For all of a day! Guess I should've asked permission from the chef first. She's not really into ad hoc garden modifications.

[Billabong Karen]

Originally Posted by Kayleigh

Here is mine not as nice as Fudgey's but they do love a bath.
I pour water from the kettle in the morning to melt the ice then take a watering can of water out when the ice is movable then empty the icy water out and re fill it with cold water.

Great photo Elaine, and a lovely bird bath. What a chirpy bathing bunch of sparrows you have there!!

[Billabong Karen]

I have two feeding stations, one in the back garden, near the bird bath, and another more popular feeding station in the front garden, which is nice, because I can see the birds out of the kitchen window... I never bothered with a bird bath in the front garden, since we have a stream around 300 yards away across the road, but recently I noticed the birds were using a rectangular terracotta flower pot base to drink from, so I cleaned it up a bit and sure enough almost immediately I had a blue tit and a great tit drinking from it, and a blackbird taking a bath! He even chased another blackbird away from it. I guess they really do like to have a drink and a splash around without having to move too far away from the feeding area.



Terrible photo and will try to get one with birds using it soon!

[Fiona Ward]

Large flat plant saucer @18 ins diameter. It is a great success with the garden birds both washing and drinking.