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Birds attacking pond plants
TomCranham
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So I've been trying to create a wildlife garden for the past year and I think it's going pretty well. I've created a little pond for (hopefully) amphibians with bee friendly native plants.(i have two little bird baths in the border)
The birds have been using it too (especially a cheeky black bird that has been making a mess in the rest of the garden), which is great but they have been standing on the 'forget me not' pots and damaging the plants. They were bare-root so still establishing. Is there anything else anyone can suggest to protect them while growing apart from moving them deeper into the water (which I've done above)?
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The blackbird is probably collecting mud to help line their nest - they've been doing that around our pond too - a successful wildlife pond is for all wildlife - not just amphibians and insects.
Gardening in Central Norfolk on improved gritty moraine over chalk ... free-draining.
Thanks pansyface, sounds like a good plan Batman
And i know Dovefromabove, it was really rewarding watching the birds bathe the other day, though i still want the plants established!
Water forget-me-nots don't need soil, they are just as happy floating in the water where, left untouched, will form root mats. They can be quite invasive out of pots though, so can take over if left unchecked. You could take them out of the pots but would need to thin them in late summer.
Really? That's brilliant! I'll do that later after getting the birds some big stones to stand on
thanks very much