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Horace's Covered Bird Feeder
Horace's Covered Bird Feeder
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90-day returns policy
Free UK delivery with tracking
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Horace's Covered Bird Feeder
Horace’s Covered Bird Feeder
A small open dish with its own roof. Dry seed for the robin and the blackbirds after a week of rain, and a shaded, clean drink for the birds all summer.
Please note: this is the last batch, 118 left, then no more. Free UK delivery, dispatched within 1–2 working days.
What the little roof does
Three reasons the birds keep coming back.
Birds stay sheltered
Rain, sleet and summer sun stay on the roof. The birds eat and drink underneath, in the dry and in the shade.
Food stays dry, water stays clean
No grey porridge after a wet week, no sprouting or mouldy seed, no warm green water in July.
Cleaner and more hygienic
Droppings, leaves and dirt land on the roof, not in the dish, so disease has far less chance to spread from bird to bird.
One dish, all year
Use it for whatever the birds need most right now.
Dry seed
Sunflower hearts, a seed mix or dried mealworms. The roof keeps rain and sleet off. Fill a thin layer each morning.
Fresh water
Swill it out and fill it with water. The roof keeps the dish in shade, so the water stays cooler and cleaner for longer.
“After a wet week, Maureen’s bird table was a tray of grey mush and the robin just sat on the wall looking at it. A little roof was the obvious fix. In summer she fills the same dish with water.”
Horace Pendlebury, Braithwaite, Cumbria
What arrives at your door
One piece, ready to hang. No assembly.
Bird table vs. covered dish
After a wet week in November.
| Open bird table | Horace’s covered dish | |
|---|---|---|
| The seed | ✗ Soggy, sprouting, mouldy | ✓ Dry under the roof |
| Ground birds | ✗ Only when it’s dry | ✓ All winter, standing in the dish |
| Hygiene | ✗ Droppings and leaves in the food | ✓ Lands on the roof instead |
| Summer | ✗ Turns green in the sun | ✓ A shaded water dish |
Who you’ll see at it
Ground-feeding garden birds that rarely use a tube feeder, plus the regulars.
Why most people hang two or three
Seed in winter, water in summer: one dish helps one corner of the garden, a few of them give far more birds shelter, food and water all year.
Spread out near different hedges and shrubs, the birds stop crowding onto one spot, where disease spreads fastest.
Sunflower hearts in one for the tits and finches, mealworms in the other for the robin and blackbirds.
A robin will chase everything else off a dish it has claimed. With two or three, the others always have a place to eat.
In spring and autumn, keep one for seed and one for water, so the birds get both in one garden.
Horace’s tip
“A thin layer each morning, let them clear it, tip out what’s left at dusk. Half a minute under the tap and it’s clean again. Come May, switch to water.”
90 days, no argument
Hang it, fill it, watch who turns up. Not convinced after three months? Email us for a full refund. No forms, no questions.
Product details
Measured on pieces from the final batch.
| Material | Iron with a weathered rust finish |
| The Umbrella | Dish 17 cm · 36 cm tall including chain and hook |
| The Cottage Roof | Dish 12 cm · 41 cm tall including chain and hook |
| Hanging | Chain with S-hook: branch, pergola, shepherd’s crook or wall bracket. No tools. |
| Use | Covered seed dish in autumn and winter, shaded water dish in summer |
| Care | Rinse daily with plain water, clean weekly with hot water and a brush |
| Delivery | Free UK delivery, dispatched within 1–2 working days |
A Roof for the Robin
A Roof for the Robin
A note from Horace:
In November 2013, the year after I came off the ladders, my wife Maureen’s bird table was a tray of grey mush for a week, and the robin sat on the wall and stared at it. Forty-four years I kept the rain off other people’s heads. That afternoon I folded a little roof for the robin.
My hands won’t grip the folding brake any more. These are the last 118 roofs I cut. When they’re gone, there won't be any more.
Free UK Delivery
Free UK Delivery
Free delivery across the United Kingdom
- Dispatched within 1–2 working days, with tracking
- Every feeder is checked and boxed by hand, ready to hang
- The Umbrella: dish 17 cm, 36 cm tall. The Cottage Roof: dish 12 cm, 41 cm tall.
- Chain and hook included, no tools needed
- Order by 15 December for delivery before Christmas
- 90-day money-back guarantee — just email info@countycraftco.com
Frequently Asked Questions
Got a question? Here's how to reach us.
Got a question? Here's how to reach us.
My grandson Callum and I personally answer every email, as quickly as we can. Whether you have a question about your order or about which roof shape to choose, we're here.
You can reach us:
- Mon – Fri: 9:00 – 17:00 (UK time)
- Saturday: 10:00 – 15:00 (UK time)
Email: info@countycraftco.com
Can I return my order if I don't like it?
Can I return my order if I don't like it?
Of course. If the feeder isn't right, the size, the style or no reason at all, email us within 90 days and you get your money back. No restocking fee, no fuss.
How are your products made?
How are your products made?
Every roof is cut from flat sheet in Horace’s workshop in Braithwaite, Cumbria, folded on his old hand brake the same way he once folded flashing for cottage roofs, then fitted to its dish, chain and hook at the bench. Both shapes, the Umbrella and the Cottage Roof, have a weathered rust finish. Use it for seed through the autumn and winter and for water from May; rinse it with plain water every morning.