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Another identification request please - unusual grass

colincraigiecolincraigie Posts: 2
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Hi there
I have this plant which looks like some kind of grass growing in my garden - very close to where my seed feeder is - surprise surprise. I'm wondering if I should let it develop further or if it is just going to be a nightmare. Please see photo. Thanks

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  • nutcutletnutcutlet Posts: 27,445
    It enlarges to a blur but maybe oats?


    In the sticks near Peterborough
  • DovefromaboveDovefromabove Posts: 88,147
    Do you feed the birds nearby?  I agree with Nutcutlet that it looks like oats. Some of the cheaper bird foods are padded out with oats and other grains which only appeal to pigeons and are discarded by the smaller birds. 

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





  • BobMcFishBobMcFish Posts: 66
    Thank you. Sorry about the blurry photo. Couldn't seem to upload a better one. Maybe this time?

  • FairygirlFairygirl Posts: 55,117
    Looks like oats to me too  :)
    It's a place where beautiful isn't enough of a word....



    I live in west central Scotland - not where that photo is...
  • AsarumAsarum Posts: 661
    edited June 2018
    Yes definitely an oat, a cultivated one too, not a wild one.  Probably dropped by a bird.
    East Anglia
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  • BobMcFishBobMcFish Posts: 66
    Thank you all so much for taking the time to respond and help me. I really appreciate it. I've never seen oats before. I only have sunflower hearts and peanuts in the two feeders I have but I did have fat balls and the likes in that area so it could have come from there. I stopped buying the cheap bags of bird food last year after my kitchen became infested by grain weevils.   :( Took me a while to figure out what they were. I also found that the birds didn't bother eating the cheap stuff. Classy visitors they are. To my surprise, the Gold Finches ignored the Niger seeds in preference of the Sunflower hearts
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