Make a wooden bird table | Step by step guide

Learn how to build a bird feeder out of wood to encourage birds into your garden. This step by step guide walks you through the process of making a bird feeder with bird table and house. Add outdoor paint to protect it from the elements, and also a metal hook to hang a bird feeder. Then sit back and wait for the birds to arrive!
Further instructions and measurements can be found on my website:
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Remember to follow the appropriate safety guidelines when using all tools and performing any kind of DIY. I am also not an expert so do take professional advice when using tools and performing DIY.

[@WildlifeBox]

If you're looking for another DIY project, check out my how to build a birdhide video: th-cam.com/video/XoCU237XX14/w-d-xo.htmlsi=YnY44YPIO9XWajwO

[@stevenclark1973]

Nice job.

[@Vinterfrid]

I appreciate the simplicity you show in building this, just using basic tools. However - and this is not meant like criticism - I have understood that it's not good with bird feeders where the birds can walk among the seeds; birds perch and move on the feeder, depositing droppings that soil the food and feeder. Droppings mixed with the birdseed could help transmit diseases among birds.

[@JC.Journey]

Great job and well explained. We'd love to give this a try! Thank you for sharing!

[@WildlifeBox]

Thank you, and glad you liked the video! Hope building the bird table goes well 😃👍

[@keithroberts5611]

Straight forward instructions thanks for this easy build, However where possible paint all bare wood before assembly!! And on the feeding base its a good idea to have edging with gaps at the corners to drain away rain and after washing the platform!!Or as in my feeder there are half inch holes, The roof supports are critical in my opinion as size determines what birds visits your table as a rule of thumb the higher the supports the larger the birds, Which is a nuisance as my preference are small singing birds such as Robin's, Blackbirds, and all the tits, Pigeons, And Magpies can literally take over and hoard the feeder for hours denying all other birds of food, I hope for anyone of thinking of building there own bird table finds my tips useful!!! 🤔😉🇬🇧👍

[@WildlifeBox]

Thanks for your comment and glad you found it helpful. Great tips there - I'm sure people will find them useful 😃👍

[@normancoutts]

Nice build and good description. Very useful, thanks.

[@WildlifeBox]

Thank you Norman and glad it was helpful 😃👍

[@Luigi4950]

Great job ! Like it because you use the basic tools great !!

[@WildlifeBox]

Thanks for your comment, Lewis! I think it's always great to be able to use simpler tools to make things like this :)

[@nareshkumargurung349]

Great instructions, very easy to follow 👍

[@WildlifeBox]

Thank you, glad you found the video helpful 😃👍

[@marknorman1491]

Thanks for the simplicity of the plan, the better half approached me yesterday and wants a bird table in the garden, was planning on spending quite a lot, now I have a load of old fence posts and pallet wood so I am going to make one, but might be fancy and turn my roof supports a spindles for chairs etc, but will follow as closely otherwise, I hope to not have to buy any wood for the table, and hope it doesn't fall over, sheers it has given me the idea now...

[@WildlifeBox]

Thanks Mark, hope it goes well and glad that the video and plan was helpful

[@NaturallyCuriousUK]

Excellent Will. Tim Allen move over! I'm going to share this on Facebook in the UK Wildlife TH-camrs group. 👍😎👍

[@WildlifeBox]

Thanks so much Graham, really pleased you liked it. It was great how quickly the birds started using it :)

[@curtelias6202]

You should have drilled those holes before drilling in the screws. Drilling holes will stop the wood from splitting. I

[@WildlifeBox]

If you enjoyed this, watch my other video on how to build a bird box: th-cam.com/video/N4eAtyGFLRc/w-d-xo.html

[@Jem-ip2bo]

Hi, I'm hoping to make one of these and gift to my kids' kindergarten. Can I please have the lengths of posts, etc I've downloaded the plans, but it's tricking to work out the total post length and volume of flat material. I'm hoping to do this in the next few weeks as part of NZs brid count. Please help 🙏 ❤

[@WildlifeBox]

Hello, thanks for your message and sorry for the slow reply. Great to hear you are wanting to build a bird table. The length of the main post you will need is 1.5 metres x 75mm x 75mm . Then the board you will need is approx 1.2 by 0.3 metres. You'll need a thinner post 2.4 metres long x 50mm x50mm, and lastly a plank of wood 75mm x 1 metre. Hopefully that helps. The measurements should be on the second page of the instructions but this should give you the total of what you need. Hope it goes well 😃👍

[@stuartallen8310]

Interesting

[@richardtookey7175]

Nice workbench!

[@WildlifeBox]

Thanks Richard!!