• Dudley's Handcrafted Bird Feeder with a robin and a blue tit on the seed
  • Feeder hanging from a branch with a blackbird and a sparrow
  • Filling the feeder with seed while a robin waits on the rim
  • Two feeders hung apart: seed in one, mealworms in the other
  • Finishing the copper patina by hand on the workbench
  • Dudley Tunnicliffe holding two of his copper umbrella feeders at the forge door

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Dudley's Handcrafted Bird Feeder

Dudley's Handcrafted Bird Feeder

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Dudley Tunnicliffe
Handcrafted by Dudley Tunnicliffe — Church Stretton, Shropshire
★★★★★ 4.9 (236)
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Dudley's Handcrafted Bird Feeder with a robin and a blue tit on the seed

Dudley's Handcrafted Bird Feeder

$38.79
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Handcrafted in the Shropshire Hills · Final batch

Dudley's Handcrafted Bird Feeder

A hanging copper feeding dish for the birds a tube feeder leaves out — robins, blackbirds, wrens and dunnocks. Hangs clear of cats and squirrels.

☂️ Inverted umbrella design🪝 Hooks over any branch🐦 One sculpted bird on the rim❄️ Built for the winter months
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Please note: this is the last batch Dudley is making. When the current stock is gone, there won't be another run. Dispatched from the UK within 2–3 working days.

Every garden on our lane has a plastic tube feeder, and every one of them is a tit-and-finch club. The robin sits underneath picking up the bits that fall. I wanted a dish he could actually land in — something I could hang where the cat can't get at it, tip out, wipe, and hang again in half a minute.
— Dudley Tunnicliffe, Church Stretton, Shropshire

What arrives at your door

One piece, hand-finished. No assembly.

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The umbrella dish22 cm inverted umbrella bowl, iron with hand-applied copper coating. Eight ball finials, teardrop finial at the centre.
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Integrated spiral hookLoops over a branch, pergola beam or shepherd's crook. Lifts off just as quickly for cleaning.
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One sculpted songbirdA single metal bird on the rim — real birds read it as a safe perch and land beside it.

Six things that separate this from a tube feeder

Each one changes which birds come and how safely they feed.

01An open dish the ground-feeders can land in

Robins, blackbirds, dunnocks and wrens can't cling to a tube like a blue tit can. A shallow dish they can stand in is the difference between seeing them from your window and never seeing them at all.

02Hanging, so it's not a bird table

Clear of the ground on a short rod: cats can't crouch beside it, grey squirrels can't sit in it, nothing rots in the grass underneath.

03Sized for "little and often"

Holds a thin layer, not a week's worth. Put out what gets eaten the same day — the way the RSPB now recommends — and nothing sits going damp or stale.

04Clean in thirty seconds

Lift off, tip out, hot water and a wipe, hang back up. No ports, no perches, no corners for old seed to hide in.

05Easy to move — and you should

Bird charities advise moving feeders regularly. A hook over a branch means you can shift it across the garden in the time it takes to boil the kettle.

06The copper patina

Darkens and greens a little more each season, like a church roof. After a winter outdoors no two look the same.

Why most people hang two

Because of how garden birds actually behave in winter.

The robin wants his own

Robins are fiercely territorial and drive other birds off a dish. A second feeder at the far end of the garden gives the wren and the dunnock somewhere to eat in peace.

Spacing cuts crowding

The RSPB now advises spacing feeders apart so birds aren't crammed onto one spot where disease spreads. Two small dishes beat one busy one.

Two foods, two dishes

Sunflower hearts in one, mealworms in the other. Finches and tits take the seed, robins and blackbirds the mealworms.

One up, one in the wash

One hanging, one drying after its weekly wash. The birds never find an empty hook on a frosty morning.

Small birds carry only enough fat for a single cold night, so they refuel every daylight hour. Quantity discount at checkout for a second, third or fourth feeder.
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From the workshop

"A handful each morning, let them clear it, tip out anything left before dark. Come May, stop the seed, swill it out and let it fill with rain — it makes a decent bird bath through the summer. But I built it for the robin in January."

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90 days, no argument

Hang it, feed from it, watch who turns up. Not convinced after three months? Send it back for a full refund. No forms, no questions.

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Handcrafted means one of a kind. Small variations in the copper tone are the mark of a hand finish, and every dish ages differently outdoors.

Product details

Material Iron with hand-applied copper coating, polychrome patina
Design Inverted umbrella dish, hanging, eight ball finials, teardrop centre finial, one sculpted bird on the rim
Dish diameter 22 cm
Total height 28 cm including spiral hook
Weight Approx. 550 g
Hanging Integrated spiral hook — branch, pergola, shepherd's crook, bracket. No tools.
Intended use Hanging feeding dish for seed, suet pellets and dried mealworms, November to April. Can be left empty to catch rain as a bird bath in the warmer months.
Care Clean weekly with hot water, move to a new spot regularly
Dispatch From the UK, 2–3 working days
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The Final Sale

A message from Dudley:

After fifty-odd years of bending metal, my hands have decided it's time to stop. This is the last batch of feeders I'll make. Each one was shaped and finished by hand in my workshop in Church Stretton, slowly, the way my grandfather taught me. Nothing rushed, nothing sent off to a factory.

I hope they end up in gardens where somebody stands at the kitchen window every morning and counts the robins.

When they're gone, they're gone — and so is the workshop.

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Free UK Delivery

Free delivery across the UK

- Sent with Royal Mail, tracked
- Delivery time: 7–14 working days
- Insured: every parcel is fully insured

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800+ Happy Customers

Excellent 4.9

What Dudley's customers are saying

dudley bird feeder ugc 1

Arrived this morning and I had it out of the box and in my hand before the kettle had boiled. It is heavier than it looks in the photos, proper metal, not the flimsy stuff you get at the garden centre. The little bird on the rim is a lovely touch. Filled it with sunflower hearts, hung it from the apple tree and had a blue tit on it within the hour.

Verified

Hannah P., Church Stretton

dudley bird feeder ugc 2

Took me about two minutes up the stepladder, hook over the branch, done. No screws, no faff. I put a handful of seed in each morning and it's gone by lunch. Tipping it out and wiping it round takes thirty seconds, which is more than I can say for my old tube feeder. Thumbs up from me.

Verified

Trevor W., Shrewsbury

dudley bird feeder ugc 3

Bought it for the garden but really it is for my daughter. She is three and checks on the birdies every morning before nursery. A robin has claimed it as his own. The copper is already going a bit green at the edges and honestly it looks better for it.

Verified

Becky L., Ludlow

dudley bird feeder ugc 4

My morning cuppa now comes with a show. Blue tits on the rim before I've sat down, and the robin turns up the second I go back inside. Packaging was decent, no dents, and it came quicker than I expected. Would happily pay more for it.

Verified

Simon H., Hereford

dudley bird feeder ugc 5

Hung it off the pergola right outside the kitchen window so I can watch from the sink. Blackbirds, sparrows, a wren once. Honestly thought the robin would ignore it like he does the tube feeder, but he's in it every morning. Ever so pleased with it.

Verified

Margot F., Bristol

dudley bird feeder ugc 6

Honest review. It is smaller than I pictured, about the size of a dinner plate, so manage your expectations. But that is also why the small birds like it, and a handful of seed is enough for a day. Ordered a second one for mealworms and hung it at the other end of the garden.

Verified

Paul D., Leeds

dudley bird feeder ugc 1

Arrived this morning and I had it out of the box and in my hand before the kettle had boiled. It is heavier than it looks in the photos, proper metal, not the flimsy stuff you get at the garden centre. The little bird on the rim is a lovely touch. Filled it with sunflower hearts, hung it from the apple tree and had a blue tit on it within the hour.

Verified

Hannah P., Church Stretton

dudley bird feeder ugc 2

Took me about two minutes up the stepladder, hook over the branch, done. No screws, no faff. I put a handful of seed in each morning and it's gone by lunch. Tipping it out and wiping it round takes thirty seconds, which is more than I can say for my old tube feeder. Thumbs up from me.

Verified

Trevor W., Shrewsbury

dudley bird feeder ugc 3

Bought it for the garden but really it is for my daughter. She is three and checks on the birdies every morning before nursery. A robin has claimed it as his own. The copper is already going a bit green at the edges and honestly it looks better for it.

Verified

Becky L., Ludlow

dudley bird feeder ugc 4

My morning cuppa now comes with a show. Blue tits on the rim before I've sat down, and the robin turns up the second I go back inside. Packaging was decent, no dents, and it came quicker than I expected. Would happily pay more for it.

Verified

Simon H., Hereford

dudley bird feeder ugc 5

Hung it off the pergola right outside the kitchen window so I can watch from the sink. Blackbirds, sparrows, a wren once. Honestly thought the robin would ignore it like he does the tube feeder, but he's in it every morning. Ever so pleased with it.

Verified

Margot F., Bristol

dudley bird feeder ugc 6

Honest review. It is smaller than I pictured, about the size of a dinner plate, so manage your expectations. But that is also why the small birds like it, and a handful of seed is enough for a day. Ordered a second one for mealworms and hung it at the other end of the garden.

Verified

Paul D., Leeds

dudley bird feeder ugc 1

Arrived this morning and I had it out of the box and in my hand before the kettle had boiled. It is heavier than it looks in the photos, proper metal, not the flimsy stuff you get at the garden centre. The little bird on the rim is a lovely touch. Filled it with sunflower hearts, hung it from the apple tree and had a blue tit on it within the hour.

Verified

Hannah P., Church Stretton

dudley bird feeder ugc 2

Took me about two minutes up the stepladder, hook over the branch, done. No screws, no faff. I put a handful of seed in each morning and it's gone by lunch. Tipping it out and wiping it round takes thirty seconds, which is more than I can say for my old tube feeder. Thumbs up from me.

Verified

Trevor W., Shrewsbury

dudley bird feeder ugc 3

Bought it for the garden but really it is for my daughter. She is three and checks on the birdies every morning before nursery. A robin has claimed it as his own. The copper is already going a bit green at the edges and honestly it looks better for it.

Verified

Becky L., Ludlow

dudley bird feeder ugc 4

My morning cuppa now comes with a show. Blue tits on the rim before I've sat down, and the robin turns up the second I go back inside. Packaging was decent, no dents, and it came quicker than I expected. Would happily pay more for it.

Verified

Simon H., Hereford

dudley bird feeder ugc 5

Hung it off the pergola right outside the kitchen window so I can watch from the sink. Blackbirds, sparrows, a wren once. Honestly thought the robin would ignore it like he does the tube feeder, but he's in it every morning. Ever so pleased with it.

Verified

Margot F., Bristol

dudley bird feeder ugc 6

Honest review. It is smaller than I pictured, about the size of a dinner plate, so manage your expectations. But that is also why the small birds like it, and a handful of seed is enough for a day. Ordered a second one for mealworms and hung it at the other end of the garden.

Verified

Paul D., Leeds

dudley bird feeder ugc 1

Arrived this morning and I had it out of the box and in my hand before the kettle had boiled. It is heavier than it looks in the photos, proper metal, not the flimsy stuff you get at the garden centre. The little bird on the rim is a lovely touch. Filled it with sunflower hearts, hung it from the apple tree and had a blue tit on it within the hour.

Verified

Hannah P., Church Stretton

dudley bird feeder ugc 2

Took me about two minutes up the stepladder, hook over the branch, done. No screws, no faff. I put a handful of seed in each morning and it's gone by lunch. Tipping it out and wiping it round takes thirty seconds, which is more than I can say for my old tube feeder. Thumbs up from me.

Verified

Trevor W., Shrewsbury

dudley bird feeder ugc 3

Bought it for the garden but really it is for my daughter. She is three and checks on the birdies every morning before nursery. A robin has claimed it as his own. The copper is already going a bit green at the edges and honestly it looks better for it.

Verified

Becky L., Ludlow

dudley bird feeder ugc 4

My morning cuppa now comes with a show. Blue tits on the rim before I've sat down, and the robin turns up the second I go back inside. Packaging was decent, no dents, and it came quicker than I expected. Would happily pay more for it.

Verified

Simon H., Hereford

dudley bird feeder ugc 5

Hung it off the pergola right outside the kitchen window so I can watch from the sink. Blackbirds, sparrows, a wren once. Honestly thought the robin would ignore it like he does the tube feeder, but he's in it every morning. Ever so pleased with it.

Verified

Margot F., Bristol

dudley bird feeder ugc 6

Honest review. It is smaller than I pictured, about the size of a dinner plate, so manage your expectations. But that is also why the small birds like it, and a handful of seed is enough for a day. Ordered a second one for mealworms and hung it at the other end of the garden.

Verified

Paul D., Leeds

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