We have a huge sliding glass ‘wall’ on the east facing wall of the studio … sadly we’ve found over recent years, a dead songthrush, a snipe and a field fare amongst others … it seems that in early morning they see the reflection of the dawn sky in the double glazed glass and fly towards it 😢
We’ve not had any similar tragedies since we stuck some images of raptors on the glass.
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If you have the space, maybe try reflective wind chimes or dream catchers? We had a couple of bird strikes (no dead bodies, thankfully) when we first moved into our house but these stopped after we started lowering the blinds slightly on sunny days and putting ornaments, plants on the windowsills/near the windows.
We used to get the birds flying into our windows all the time ,even had a pheasant once which broke its neck ,my neighbour took it away and cooked it . Since I’ve hung stained glass little pictures in our windows it hasn’t happened . I have an Iris picture in the dining room and a Red Cross in stained glass hanging from my lounge window . Seems to work
“Window decals may help, but they must be placed no more than 2-4 inches apart in order to be effective. Birds will try to fly through larger gaps.” Source
I've had birds fly into my large window with the curtains shut, I assume it is reflecting the sky at certain times of the day? I've tried the decals, and still get bird hits.. but I've since read they should be stuck on the outside of the glass for best effect. Less glare and no chance of a reflection on the outside. I don’t think I will be placing them 2-4 inches apart.. I still want to see outside the window!
I have small panes and in the more modern double glazed windows a pane framework over the large pane to look like small panes in my house in France. I've never seen or heard a bird fly into them or found a dead bird.
The panes are bigger in OH's house in Norfolk and there has been the odd bump from a bird but none dead that I know of. There is also a garden mirror with small panes. Birds never fly into it. They see themselves in the reflection and probably think it's another bird so fly away. One bird once perched on the frame and pecked at its reflection before flying away.
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Small panes look to a bird like some sort of netting/obstruction so they avoid it.
Large panes reflecting a clear sky look like a safe open flight path to a bird … unless there is the silhouette of a bird of prey hovering in that sky … and then they sense danger and fly in another direction.
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Most of our windows are 6ft across, but the big one in the front living room is more like 8ft across, including a single patio door. It's right next to the bird feeders so we always had small birds plus pigeons crash into it if they got startled. Since I put the decals on it last year, the strike rate has lessened but it still happens. Some survive, some don't.
I think windows in shady areas seem a bit safer for birds. Also, even very light voile curtains, especially if slightly patterned, give birds the visual signal to stop flying in the direction of the window.
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We’ve not had any similar tragedies since we stuck some images of raptors on the glass.
Gardening in Central Norfolk on improved gritty moraine over chalk ... free-draining.
I've had birds fly into my large window with the curtains shut, I assume it is reflecting the sky at certain times of the day? I've tried the decals, and still get bird hits.. but I've since read they should be stuck on the outside of the glass for best effect. Less glare and no chance of a reflection on the outside. I don’t think I will be placing them 2-4 inches apart.. I still want to see outside the window!
The panes are bigger in OH's house in Norfolk and there has been the odd bump from a bird but none dead that I know of. There is also a garden mirror with small panes. Birds never fly into it. They see themselves in the reflection and probably think it's another bird so fly away. One bird once perched on the frame and pecked at its reflection before flying away.
Gardening in Central Norfolk on improved gritty moraine over chalk ... free-draining.
Also, even very light voile curtains, especially if slightly patterned, give birds the visual signal to stop flying in the direction of the window.