Stop Thief !!!!

Redcurrants - Blackbirds
Blackcurrants - never actually seen what takes them but I don't get any.
Cherries - Blackbirdirds
Raspberries - they do leave me a few.
Blackberrys (bramble, full of thorns) - I get get most.
Loganberries - I think these are the birds least favourite, so I get most.

The upside is there are always plenty of birds in the garden during summer and the cats are to well fed to even think about chasing them.

 

... oh and dont forget

Mess of soil and old leaves and bits and pieces from under the hedge, spread all down the length of the front path......... Blackbirds



I love them really

 

And seed trays all howked out - blackbirds !
But lovely singing at dawn and dusk when it's that time of year. I really love them.
And I love to watch them taking a bath - they really know how to do it.

 

Last year I came across a blackbird having a dirt bath! It was happily wallowing in a dusty hollow under a tree.

 

.... and I love the way they toot toot toot their alarm call

 

It's the sparrows who take dust baths in my garden.
The blackbirds much prefer water but the sparrows will get into any dry earth and have a good scrub all over.
In return for the use of my dust they steal and rob my peas and sweet peas. They rip the plants to shreds and stuff the pea leaves down their chicks throats to make sure they get a taste for peas !
And just in case I haven't noticed how well they are doing they shout their heads off from dawn to dusk.
I love those beautiful little birds.
Have you noticed they all have different faces - yes really !

 

Wow its like a Safari Park in some of your gardens ! :lollol:

 

The sparrows here sit in the huge Berberis in next door's garden, tormenting the chickens underneath it...dive bombing them for food and any stray feathers. They've nested in thick ivy growing up the side of a house on the other side of us this year and the nest is made up of a rainbow of different colours of feathers!

We also have two large, fat, wood pigeons that seem to spend their time fighting or mating in the trees behind us!

 

Years ago some builders were working on Broadcasting House and came across a pigeon's nest made entirely of plastic drink stirrers! The birds were obviously early converts to the principles of recycling. Work ground to a halt until the pigeons had fledged .

 

Im enjoying this thread and how lovely it is to hear about the varied wildlife we all get in our gardens ( even if they do nick our produce :hehe: )

This pair have taken up residence in a manky old water feature at the bottom of my garden. I daren't clean it out as there are a mirriad of little bugs they are obviously feeding on in it.



and this little tealeaf is nicking the fibres from a hanging basket



I dont mind this one sharing the flowers one bit !

 

Feed the birds, tuppence a bag

 

More like three quid for a decent sized bag - and then they chuck most of it away so they can pick out the good bits.