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Why are blackbirds digging the garden

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  • FairygirlFairygirl Posts: 55,099

    Gorgeous nut. Absolutely beautiful photo image

    You should put that on the Camera thread 

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



    I live in west central Scotland - not where that photo is...
  • nutcutletnutcutlet Posts: 27,441

    Not sure if the pic qualifies for the camera thread Fairy. OH took itimage 

    I think this one was very hungry, it ignored us.



    In the sticks near Peterborough
  • FairygirlFairygirl Posts: 55,099

    Course it does! It's worthy of a 'winter month' calendar shot  image

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



    I live in west central Scotland - not where that photo is...
  • nutcutletnutcutlet Posts: 27,441

    Ok, I've never posted anything on that thread before. My pics are c...pimage



    In the sticks near Peterborough
  • nutcutletnutcutlet Posts: 27,441

    Hi Jo, it's Sorbus hupenhensis. Usually left til all that is red has been eaten but this one likes the white. There's plenty of hawthorn and cotoneaster left



    In the sticks near Peterborough
  • I wish I could ave a few more blackbirds for our rampant slug and snail problem.  When we bought the house a few months back we put out pellets (my shoes were covered in them whenever I walked through the -small- garden at night so it was sadly a necessity) and we collected over two pints of them the next day!

    Since we've used nemotodes which helped a lot more than the pellets but despite all the starlings that love our feeders I only ever see the one blackbird.  He was there when we viewed the house - he has a pied head so we know it's him!  Hopefully now we've put some beds in we might see a few more.

  • Hostafan1Hostafan1 Posts: 34,887

    Grabs, when we moved here and started the garden I used to sprinkle " suet treats" around the blackbirds soon started rummaging.

    With several hundred hostas, I need all the help I can get.

    Devon.
  • Hostafan1Hostafan1 Posts: 34,887

    oops, just realised I've already mentioned that on this thread. image

    Devon.
  • No signs of hedgehogs.  Shame as I love them!  I don't know what my greyhound would think though.

    We put mealworms on the table but I'll sprinkle some around, and some suet - I know blackbirds only tend to eat from the floor image  If we get no extras it will feed our adopted pet at least!

  • FairygirlFairygirl Posts: 55,099

    I've got what seems to be a pair just now. He sits on the shed roof in the morning waiting for brekkie. What a delight they are   image

    I do the same Hosta - a sprinkle or three among the plants in the biggest border where there are a few perennials, and therefore some gaps at the moment. They also come up to the bench near the back window as I put a suet treat there for them, attached to the bottom of the bench. Mrs B is often there when I look out  image

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



    I live in west central Scotland - not where that photo is...
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