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Bird death - suggestions
fpeppett
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Hi all - new poster here
I have been putting bird feed out for the last year or so and today had my first bird mirder, so seeking some advice on what I can do to prevent this again.
For context, I have a small patio/astro turf garden with various potted plants. The garden is about 5 X 5 metres with the house on one side, two side walls and then a a back wall with shoulder high trellice and a garden gate to one side. I used to have a bird feeder in a corner of the trellice, surrounded by a couple of potted plants. I only had the odd pigeon eating from it, so recently moved it to the middle of the trellice (surrounded by a few pot plants), in sight of all sparrow nests in my next door neighbours roof tiles. Since then, the sparrows have been feeding regularly from the feeders since about March. Today I came home to find a eaten sparrow (only a beak and feathers as evidence) in the centre of my garden. I have a feeling the bird was attacked whist on the ground, feeding off scraps that's had fallen down onto the floor. I think if it had been attacked.on the feeder, the pot plants would have been knocked down, but I could be wrong on this. So l, I'm unsure if the moving of feeder could of had an affect, or its just coincefence it recently moved. I should we very rarely see cats in the garden, but sometimes a cat sneaks in under the gate for a snoop around.
I'm a bit gutted about it to be honest, so thinking how I can prevent it happening again. So, any suggestions on location of bird feeder, some good deterrents, trying to block the bottom of the gate, or anything else that can be done to keep this down to one bird death!
I have been putting bird feed out for the last year or so and today had my first bird mirder, so seeking some advice on what I can do to prevent this again.
For context, I have a small patio/astro turf garden with various potted plants. The garden is about 5 X 5 metres with the house on one side, two side walls and then a a back wall with shoulder high trellice and a garden gate to one side. I used to have a bird feeder in a corner of the trellice, surrounded by a couple of potted plants. I only had the odd pigeon eating from it, so recently moved it to the middle of the trellice (surrounded by a few pot plants), in sight of all sparrow nests in my next door neighbours roof tiles. Since then, the sparrows have been feeding regularly from the feeders since about March. Today I came home to find a eaten sparrow (only a beak and feathers as evidence) in the centre of my garden. I have a feeling the bird was attacked whist on the ground, feeding off scraps that's had fallen down onto the floor. I think if it had been attacked.on the feeder, the pot plants would have been knocked down, but I could be wrong on this. So l, I'm unsure if the moving of feeder could of had an affect, or its just coincefence it recently moved. I should we very rarely see cats in the garden, but sometimes a cat sneaks in under the gate for a snoop around.
I'm a bit gutted about it to be honest, so thinking how I can prevent it happening again. So, any suggestions on location of bird feeder, some good deterrents, trying to block the bottom of the gate, or anything else that can be done to keep this down to one bird death!
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Thanks for the responses. I felt really guilty it happened on my patch so to speak. I've moved the bird feeder to a less cat reachable zone, and hope I get no more bird deaths!