Bird Tables

Two bird tables, the Lingfield at £545 and the Ascot at £649. Both have hexagonal bodies and roofs, and the choice between them is mostly about how much you want to see.

The Lingfield is the traditional one, an open platter under a coned roof. Rob's wife Cindy instigated it: she likes to watch the birds and found the Ascot too enclosed. If you are an avid watcher, this is the one.

The Ascot is the more architectural of the two, a lantern style house with a second platter beneath it. It is a feeding station that can hold centre stage in a formal garden.

Neither is freestanding. Both need planting, and both come with under turf braces that steady the post the way a root system would.