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What is eating my apples!

chris.weekschris.weeks Posts: 27
in Problem solving
Afternoon All,

i was just out in the garden and noticed some damage to my apples still on the tree. On closer inspection it looks like a shark has been at them by the cuts/teeth marks!

im sure thats not a bird by how uniform the cuts are but cant fathom what it is!

i have attached some pics and would be grateful for any help!

Thanks

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  • DovefromaboveDovefromabove Posts: 88,147
    Crows. 

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





  • FairygirlFairygirl Posts: 55,117
    edited August 2019
    I've been watching magpies recently on a neighbour's apple tree. I can't see them closely enough, but I think they're doing exactly that. They used to do the same to my tomatoes when the greenhouse doors were open.

    Either that , or the sharks are turning vegetarian in your area @chris.weeks   ;)

    It's a place where beautiful isn't enough of a word....



    I live in west central Scotland - not where that photo is...
  • DovefromaboveDovefromabove Posts: 88,147
    Crows, magpies, rooks, jackdaws, jays ... they’re all Corvids and they'll all sit in your tree and eat your apples and walnuts before they're ripe 🤨

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





  • FairygirlFairygirl Posts: 55,117
    I've never had any of them on the apples @Dovefromabove, just the tomatoes, but they're definitely having a go at that other tree. They're out there now. Just the magpies - jackdaws, or any others,  don't seem interested at all.

    My apples are pretty scabby, so that's probably the reason they're giving them a miss  :D
    It's a place where beautiful isn't enough of a word....



    I live in west central Scotland - not where that photo is...
  • BobTheGardenerBobTheGardener Posts: 11,385
    Agree, crow or other corvid.  Close-up of image from this site:


    A trowel in the hand is worth a thousand lost under a bush.
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