Bloody Blackbirds nibbling on my Strawberries

[frasier37]

I love blackbirds songs early morning and in the evening and used to go mad with My old cat Nasher who  used to always catch both male and female at some point during the year...now my cat is no more and it's obvs the birds are out for revenge

Anyone have similar probs? any tips on how to keep the buggers away?

Similar prob with my blueberry bushes....particularly with a local squirrel 

I can't even eat my Strawberries planted low down as I'm looking after my sons dog who finds it really joyous to tread on them before pissing over them 

Edit

The squirrel trouble started a few years ago so I built a cage for each bush, which worked well....sadly the bushes soon grew out of said cages.

Anyone had luck with those eagles on a stick that flap in the wind as a deterrent?

[thehartshillbadger]

🤣🤣🤣

[OldStokie]

Get theesen a greenhouse.

OS.

[Northy]

At the weekend in our garden I saw Mrs blackbird teaching her 3 fledglings how to eat our strawberries, the cheek of it !
We tried netting around the blueberry bush but they just launched themselves a it, and I had to untangle a few blackbirds so just removed the netting and let them have them.
They have already stripped another shrub we have of berries that have turned red, no idea what they are though.

[deeside2]

I netted our blueberries and gooseberries and have successfully deterred the little blighters. I used really small mesh netting so the birds couldn't get tangled up. It also deterred the gooseberry sawfly from decimating the plants.

[gawa]

Slightly related. My chilli plants have just started to flower. Luckily I don't think birds like chilli's

[riverman]

I wouldn't say no to Rihanna nibbling on my strawberries! 😉

[lawrieleslie]

Blame that idiot Packham.

[frasier37]

Thanks boys and girls 

Have also been told that  the smell of cheese around my Strawberries puts a lot of birds off

[Veritas]

Jun 27, 2024 14:15:36 GMT frasier37 said:

Thanks boys and girls 

Have also been told that  the smell of cheese around my Strawberries buts a lot of birds off

Oh err missus

[frasier37]

Jun 27, 2024 12:13:02 GMT OldStokie said:

Get theesen a greenhouse.

OS.

Oh yeh

[lordb]

Jun 27, 2024 13:45:18 GMT lawrieleslie said:

Blame that idiot Packham.

Has he been eating Frasiers strawberry?
The swine

[questionable]

Jun 27, 2024 12:13:02 GMT OldStokie said:

Get theesen a greenhouse.

OS.

Or pop down the CO OP for a punnet

[redstriper]

My tame blackbird said -

Bloody humans - they put up barriers everywhere and then think they own what comes out of the earth...

[Deleted]

This year more than any other, we've been inundated by crows. Noisy bastards, shit everywhere.

They're black, and they're birds. And a nuisance.

[supersimonstainrod]

Jun 27, 2024 16:49:38 GMT @svengaliinplatforms said:

This year more than any other, we've been inundated by crows. Noisy bastards, shit everywhere.

They're black, and they're birds. And a nuisance.

...and clever b'stards with it:

www.bbc.com/future/article/20191211-crows-could-be-the-smartest-animal-other-than-primates

[frasier37]

Always had a soft spot for crows. As has been said, very clever buggers.
If you think they are bad for shitting try living around seagulls. Stepped out of my car at morrisons and got bombarded in it so much I had to take my shirt off,  get ba k in my car and go home to get changed.....much to everyone's amusement....car, house windows, even hanging washing.....not leaving out dive bombing with their claws when they've had young if you walk within 30yrds....not nice when you have a bald head

I'm trying the small size mesh 

[chuffedstokie]

My neighbour who unfortunately moved a couple of months ago had a solution to the gull problem, it involved his shiny 22 air rifle and was very effective. Contrary to popular opinion there's no shortage of the bastards round these parts. Next doors cat is useless in the pest control department and the birds are dive bombing anything and everything that comes within a few feet of the chicks, they're everywhere. Having a black car doesn't help.

[raythesailor]

I have a Wood Pigeon(s) who spends most of his time in my garden.

He is almost tame and we call him Percy.😊

[musik]

Bååååssssseeeeeeeeeee!!!!!