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Red robin eaten to stubs

dave.emmarIdoDinxdave.emmarIdoDinx Posts: 2
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Hi, HELP. Over winter 7 of my red robins were eaten down to little stems. As only planted last year I thought they’d just died. Last week I planted some more in to replace those. This morning I find 2 of those have been chewed to nothing again.
what could be eating them? How do I stop it?

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  • DovefromaboveDovefromabove Posts: 88,147
    Whereabouts are you?  Any deer around?  Muntjac are in many cities now. 

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





  • amancalledgeorgeamancalledgeorge Posts: 2,736
    I'd give an achievement badge to the deer...
    To Plant a Garden is to Believe in Tomorrow
  • dave.emmarIdoDinxdave.emmarIdoDinx Posts: 2
    We live in a village in Bedfordshire so deer might be possibility. I do have a wire hedge boundaries but they might be jumping that. Think I may have to rig a video to catch them in the act.
  • TopbirdTopbird Posts: 8,355
    Muntjac have done dreadful damage to shrubs in my garden this year. They seem to be much braver than they used to be and are often out and about during the day. The only solution is secure, high barriers and that's not really possible for me.

    Last year (mild winter) wasn't too bad so I think the harsher weather we had this year might have contributed to the problem (easier to find food in a well stocked garden). Next winter I may try some chicken wire barriers around the most important shrubs - just to make it more difficult for them to eat.
    Heaven is ... sitting in the garden with a G&T and a cat while watching the sun go down
  • DovefromaboveDovefromabove Posts: 88,147
    Many many years ago I lived on a farm in Bedfordshire ... not far from Woburn. Pa’s crops were regularly damaged by escaped muntjac and wallabies ... escapees from the Woburn estate. They’ve spread all over the place now. 

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





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