We used to feed the birds with feeders wired to the adjacent croft fence when we were in the caravan.
We learned quickly that either the wind or the ravens, cunning tricksters that they are, would upend and dislodge the feeders very quickly if we left them dangling from their hooks, so we secured them with wire to the metal fence.
The birds got used to them and over the years we saw some beautiful birdlife. Sparrows, a sparrow hawk 😥, dunnocks, tits, goldfinches, siskins, chaffinches, doves, robins, wheatears .. and probably a ton that we mis-identified.
When we moved into the house a few months ago we decided that as there was no visible fence to attach feeders to in front of the windows that we’d buy a heavy iron spike with arms to hold the seed dispensers. It’s driven into the ground for stability. Of course, we don’t have much depth of soil here so we drove it in and husband weighted it down with a large rock.
We’ve hardly had any wind since it’s been up but it already sways like a ship on a swell. I’m really not sure that it’s going to survive a windy Skye day despite our best endeavours.
So far in the three days since it’s been up it’s only visitor has been a robin who hopped round it hopefully and a couple of ravens, clearly disgruntled that they weren’t able to land on it and raid the fat balls.
Let’s hope that it survives long enough to be useful and that the birds find it!
Ravencroft Skye 
Hi Jo, we found birds like to have the security of a hedge/undergrowth to dive into if needs be so this new position is perhaps too exposed and they feel vulnerable to birds of prey… ?
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Thank you! That’s quite possible in fact. I’ll look around for a more sheltered place
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Then you won’t see them 🥲
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But if they don’t come we won’t see them anyway …
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I am beginning to have an image of you both permanently bent double against the wind when outside! I don’t have bird feeders because my ctas think they are purely to attract birds for their benefit but I think Fiona is probably correct. I know you don’t want to obscure your fabulous views but maybe a bit of judicious shrub planting?
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Definitely a good idea 👍 We have always planned tree planting here but it hasn’t started yet
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You haven’t exactly been sitting around twiddling your thumbs!
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This is true 😂
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Could you give it a cement collar for support? You could dress it up a bit with rocks as a facing, but some cement around the base, high enough to form a support against the wind may help.
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We could indeed ❤️
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