Blue tit only bird live food feeder

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My first attempt at making/sharing something, it's rather basic... I wanted to feed a blue tit with chicks nesting in my nest box live food (expensive mini-mealworms) without feeding every sparrow in the area. unable to fine anything suitable or anything that didn't cost > £30, I come across these 'baskets' in ASDA which had the correct size holes (28mm gap) https://groceries.asda.com/product/storage/george-home-green-wire-basket/1000266522879 (other colours available) I designed a simple base in OpenScad (the fact it takes a couple of minutes to render probably means it's not an 'optimal' design..) I printed the base using Grey generic PETG in 'low quality' 0.28, on a Creality Ender-3 Pro 235c nozzle 80c bed I cut and folded the wire basket to remove the 'handle' holes making it square, you make the same cuts on each of the 4 corners, flatten out the 2 sides then fold them back in 1 square longer, and use the wires to bend round and make the new corners it's hard to explain in words hopefully the Guide Picture/Finished product makes it clear. Then Insert the 4 wires you left sticking out the bottom through the 4 larger holes in the printed base and bend the wires over on the underneath to hold it on. I used V1, but the 28x35mm holes on bottom row of 2 sides allowed sparrows to squeeze through, I just threaded a strip of 11mm PVC (from Wickes/Hardware store) along the bottom on those 2 sides to make the holes smaller and stop them. But have included a V2 model with higher sides. If you want to see it being used: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lta4bbrOwfE&t=130s