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Red bird bath
Wherreorwhen
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My birdbath develops a red stain inside.on the base. When I scrub it the water turns ruby red. Is it an algae and is it harmful to birds or anything else for that matter. I hope someone recognises this and can tell me. My thanks in advance for any information you may be able to give me.
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Mine does that sometimes - I scrub it out with a mild solution of Milton - don't know if that's right - the RSPB sell special bird disinfectants don't they - the Milton seems to work.
Gardening in Central Norfolk on improved gritty moraine over chalk ... free-draining.
I had the birdbath before I had the pond - the birds use both - I think the pigeons are scared of the deeper water in the pond - you can see from the look on their faces they're thinking, "There be sharks!"
Gardening in Central Norfolk on improved gritty moraine over chalk ... free-draining.
Hmm, so Carol V is responsible for the industrial-scale fishing of krill which is causing the decline of whales and other species which rely on it - afraid I've always found her intensely annoying and she's not going the right way to change my opinion ....
Gardening in Central Norfolk on improved gritty moraine over chalk ... free-draining.
There with you Edd
Gardening in Central Norfolk on improved gritty moraine over chalk ... free-draining.
Thats very interesting Edd, down here around the Dartmoor area, all the houses are stained with this red and I was told by a buil
der that it comes from the granite that makes the sand and hardcore.
All the houses are rendered no brick and it just runs down in great streaks until it eventually covers the houses
So yes, The area would have been volcanic. That accounts for it.
I just scrub it off the bird baths. No shorta
ge of birds here.
Sorry about the disjointed post, its nigh on impossible to post on this android!
Thats very interesting Edd, down here around the Dartmoor area, all the houses are stained with this red and I was told by a buil
der that it comes from the granite that makes the sand and hardcore.
All the houses are rendered no brick and it just runs down in great streaks until it eventually covers the houses
So yes, The area would have been volcanic. That accounts for it.
I just scrub it off the bird baths. No shorta
ge of birds here.
Thank you so much everyone, especially Edd. No it isn't cast iron, just moulded concrete I am afraid. I also have a small pond, more a deep puddle really, and when the birdbath goes red they tend to use that. It is most interesting that it's the same sort of thing as the marine variety that is used as a health supplement, and I am glad it poses no harm to the birds. As they seem to prefer the water in its's natural colour I shall continue to give the bath a scrub. And again, thank you all for your response to my query.