Saddened today....

Yes, Shiney, that is exactly what I have. I don't know why my town came up with the leash bylaw. I'm guessing there were a lot of people angry about their gardens being used as a litter box or something along those lines.

 

Examine the feather shafts to see if they're intact (with a pointed end) or bitten off - sparrowhawks pluck them out but cats chew through them. Sparrowhawks are common in suburban gardens.

 

We had a sparrow hawk eat a small bird on a tree stump in the garden, but it's normally the cat leaving presents ( birds, mice, a shrew and frogs ).
I watch the buzzards gliding the thermals over the valley from my garden, I could watch them all day.

 

Goshawk in the garden last night. That a scary looking birdie.

 

Impossible to police I guess. Shouted down by the vocal minority over the silent majority probably. Good old democracy

Latest news here...planted some seeds including Stinking Iris in a prepared seed bed last week, already signs of ikkle paw prints and an odor there. Placed some sprigs of Holly over the seed bed and tilled the tracks only for more to appear the next day. Chicken wire next but ultimately I dont want them in the garden.

My hope is that Stinking Iris will be a deterant in its self. But whilst birds of prey are mentioned theres another idea forming

Dave

 

I'm afraid the only way to not be bothered by cats fouling your garden and killing the wildlife that comes in is to just accept that it is the way of things. Just as some people keep dogs, and are free to do so as long as they look after them, clean up after them, and keep them on a lead where there's significant chance they might harm something, equally we're allowed to keeps cats as long as we either keep them in, or let them go out and foul or kill at their leisure. It's just the way it is. We can get wound up, or we can just accept that it is the way, much like we can get upset when it rains, or we can just accept that there's nothing we can do to change it. Only then can we start enjoying everything else without worrying about it.

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