Pole bird feeders

How about hammering a 4ft metal spike into the ground, leaving sufficient above 12"- 15" for you to drop the pole over it?  Perhaps drilling through sideways and securing with a screw into the spike.

However, with my previous wooden pole I secured the wood to the spike with cable ties.

Good luck

How about some pipe clips ,screwed to fence posts

ours near "shelter" is mounted in a cast metal garden umbrella stand on a paving slab

Does your garden have any trees with branches long and tough enough to take suspended feeders Bakers?

Or could you not mount some hanging basket hooks onto wooden fencing posts, and hang feeders from these? Gets away from anything pushed into ground. 

Edit: Found picture below, wants to project out a good bit from the fence. You can get similar that fit onto concrete fence posts, so a good blacksmith might make you something for a reasonable price?

Loving the ideas keep them coming.

Have some in trees, but these are viewable from the conservatory so wanted to keep them if possible.

We have a similar set up right by our kitchen window. I've had a look at on line replacements but they're all much the same though some now come with more secure bases and free standing units too. I noticed one had pronged feet that you hammer into the ground.

My feeders are not mounted in earth, 'cos I don't have a lot of that, but have 12mm holes drilled into the concrete, feeders poles inserted and then, honestly, hot-melt glue gun applied !!  They have been seen to sway a little in gale force winds but no more than an inch or two !!

Yes I've seen those and wondered if anyone had used them and with what degree of success.

I also notice extension poles which I presume means you can drive them deeper into the soil.

Plenty of food for thought.

Those aren't our fence posts, and OH had much trouble putting brackets on ours, these days he's not up it it at all 😪. 

We have several, the ones with "h" being more stable. Change your feeders Bakers to ones with a protective cage around it. We have a few of those. It stops the flying rats and also deters the squirrels from eating through thin metal.

The best "h" one we have allows you to slip the protective bit off  and the hook fits through two parallel pieces of metal attached to the "h".

I'll take some photos of the one by the back door later and post them.

Thanks Wherenext. All my feeders on poles are squirrel proof and some rather expensive ones at that 😱. 

I complained to RSPB that theirs, over £30  each showed rust within weeks!

Big issue with those and the pigeons is the roped bit. I have to keep checking how I return them after re-filling 🤣. They sit on rope bit and straight in if I've not hung the feeder just so!

Hope these help Bakers. Bought from "Farm and Pet Place."