Metal Bird Bath with Decorative Stand

This Bird Bath from Velleora Home Decor stands on its own decorative pedestal, raising the bowl off the ground where birds can drink and bathe with a clear view of approaching cats.

Height is a safety feature rather than a styling one. Birds will not use a ground-level water source in a garden with cats, so a raised bath is the difference between one that gets visited daily and one that sits full and ignored.

Two configurations are offered. Water matters more to garden birds than food, particularly in a dry summer and in freezing weather when natural sources are unavailable. Site it in the open with a shrub within a few metres for cover, change the water every couple of days and scrub the bowl regularly - a dirty bird bath spreads disease through a local bird population. Break ice rather than adding salt or antifreeze, which are lethal to birds.

• Raised bowl on a decorative pedestal
• Height gives birds a safe sightline
• Two configuration options
• Site in the open with cover nearby
• Change water and scrub regularly
• Never add salt or antifreeze in frost