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My blasted blackbird! Grrrrrrrr

The_herpetologistThe_herpetologist Posts: 481
edited May 2018 in Problem solving
OK, that's it! Had enough. My resident blackbird is ripping all the seedlings from my pots in his effort to find worms. Can anyone help me with any ideas before I wring his scrawny little neck?
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  • Dave HumbyDave Humby Posts: 1,145
    Netting?
  • The_herpetologistThe_herpetologist Posts: 481
    Dave Humby said:
    Netting?
    Thanks for the suggestion Dave. I'd do this for a veg patch, but may not be the solution for single pots. 
  • The_herpetologistThe_herpetologist Posts: 481
    Hmmmmm..tempted

  • DovefromaboveDovefromabove Posts: 88,147
    edited May 2018
    Group the pots together and lay chicken wire over them?

    get some children's seaside windmills and stick them in the pots ... they keep blackbirds away from our ripening gooseberries. 

    Get a terrier.  <3

    Gardening in Central Norfolk on improved gritty moraine over chalk ... free-draining.





  • wild edgeswild edges Posts: 10,497
    Provide better worm/food foraging elsewhere? I can have up to 17 blackbirds in the garden at any one time and I've never had a problem with them.
    If you can keep your head, while those around you are losing theirs, you may not have grasped the seriousness of the situation.
  • Blue OnionBlue Onion Posts: 2,995
    I hang cd's on a line above my strawberries.. even if it doesn't scare them away, I figure the waving around might physically knock them off the plants.   :D

    A short cane at an angle in the pot with an old CD hanging might be an easy fix.  
    Utah, USA.
  • FireFire Posts: 19,096
    Could you put the pots together and net them together? Or cloche them?

    Sometimes I consider putting a giant net over my entire garden. It being long and thin, it might actually work. :smile: Like London Zoo aviary:


  • Blue OnionBlue Onion Posts: 2,995
    Fire.. they tried that in Jurassic World.. it's never workes out well.  
    Utah, USA.
  • GinglyganglyGinglygangly Posts: 243
    if you have any wire hanging baskets waiting for spring bedding they are very useful for deterring birds and squirrels investigating pots. Not much good for open ground though.
  • Brickman0430Brickman0430 Posts: 182
    The problem I have with blackbirds is the incessant whistling, from 5am until late evening he/she is sitting in a tree whistling at the top of it’s beak, it even managed to mimic the sound of a phone ringing last week, 3 times I stopped what I was doing and went inside to answer it, before remembering I don’t have a house phone anymore, blackbird 1- dumb amateur Gardner 0 🙉
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