gavnmel Posted June 7, 2020 Share Posted June 7, 2020 Hi,anyone else having bother with the blighters making a mess of there beds? I put 42 onions in a raised veg bed last week,and the morning after at least a bloody dozen had been pulled out. What's peoples advice on keeping them off? I've put a decorative windmill in to see if it helps but they still keep strolling about on the bed!!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thorpist Posted June 10, 2020 Share Posted June 10, 2020 One of the joys of gardening, if you net the onions the blackbirds will head for any other area they can scrape to get at food . My spuds are their favourite area. Sparrows on peas ,Red leg partridge getting under netting to eat brassicas ,Pheasants and blackbirds eating fruit the minute it ripens . Isn't it fun gardening! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
taxman Posted June 10, 2020 Share Posted June 10, 2020 Put some rotten apples out nearby, they'll prefer that as food. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Janus Posted June 11, 2020 Share Posted June 11, 2020 @OP Have you actually seen the black birds doing this? The reason I ask is because I have had problems with Magpies. I have had young plants pulled from pots. When discussing this on a garden forum, many others described the nuisance that the Magpies have been to the plants. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Refugee Posted June 18, 2020 Share Posted June 18, 2020 I have has potatoes unearthed by blackbirds and also mulch thrown off. I have found that if the mulch is thick enough they tire of it. Pigeons are more of a problem. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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