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HELP !!!!

cvmsmokeycvmsmokey Posts: 2
in Wildlife gardening
I am feeding the birds, and use feeders haning from the trees in the back of the garden. I also put apples on the ground for the the Blackbirds. Recently i am discovered that the apples are gone in the morning, i mean apples cut into 1/4. I am sure it is not the Blackbirds. Who is the taking the Blackbirds apples?

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  • LiriodendronLiriodendron Posts: 8,328
    Do you have squirrels?  Or rats?  Either will take apples...
    Since 2019 I've lived in east Clare, in the west of Ireland.
  • FairygirlFairygirl Posts: 55,117
    I doubt blackbirds would eat apples at this time of year - usually winter.
    It's likely to be squirrels or foxes, or even hedgehogs, depending on where you are and what your garden is like. 
    It's a place where beautiful isn't enough of a word....



    I live in west central Scotland - not where that photo is...
  • cvmsmokeycvmsmokey Posts: 2
    I live just outside Lancaster, and thinking about it i have seen one squirel but no rats.
    So it is a waste of money to give the Blackbirds apples?
    Maybe i have a hedgehog in the garden, i would love that.
  • BijdezeeBijdezee Posts: 1,484
    Sorry to say this but it's most likely rats. They're always around at night, especially where you feed birds. 
  • DovefromaboveDovefromabove Posts: 88,147
    Blackbirds like apples in the winter ... I put out chopped apples, porridge oats and raisins in the worst winter weather and our garden fills with blackbirds fieldfares and other thrushes. 😊 

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





  • DovefromaboveDovefromabove Posts: 88,147
    Blackbirds don’t know that highly salted foods are bad for them 😞 

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





  • DovefromaboveDovefromabove Posts: 88,147
    If only they could make an informed choice ... 😉 

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





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