[new_2_veg]

hi all

what does everyone do to scare birds on there plots?

ive got a bird problem and some ideas would be great, protos would be even better

many thanks

nathan

[gobs]

Wave and shout and run around, in case of pigeons, you gotta be real close, too.

[Bob]

I usually scare birds by chatting to them in the pub    :roll:

My dad used to tie strips of plastic bags to string and then hang that across the parts of the veg bed that he had planted seed.  Supposedly the plastic flapping in the wind frightens birds.  Not sure how effective it was though.

[DD.]

I've put a photo of the mother in law on the shed.

[Aunt Sally]

I hang up old CD to flap in the wind - music by the Byrds of cause  

[Little Dibber]

I was dead chuffed about a month ago when I transplanted my first 1/2 doxen beetroot from seed trays to the plot, turns out the birds were chuffed too and each day nibbled away more of the tender young leaves, after a few days I found out about hanging cd's and havent had a problem since.

What I am doing is 2 bits of wood staked in to the ground  either side of were the seedlings are.
Tie a bit of string from either end.
Then hang cds from the main line with more string.
Looks a bit like below.


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HTH

[mucky pup]

I use the thin plastic humming lines stretched across the beds , lots of garden shops sell it, all it needs is to be taut, and a breeze to make it hum

[peterjf]

hi there , to scare the birds we drill holes in old cds / dvds dangle them on 4ft canes via a piece of string, about 1ft long tied to the end opf the cane , they make a noise and theyalso reflect the sunand sent sun reflections all over

[Farmer Fred]

this works a treat. obviously you can adapt the wording to whatever birds you want to feck off.