What is eating my strawberries?

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What is eating my strawberries?
« on: July 01, 2010, 17:06 »
For once it isn't the snails as they are in a big tub and there is no evidence of snail trails at all. I'm thinking mouse or it could be a bird but not sure what. Several of the nberries have chunks eaten out of them Any suggestions?

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Re: What is eating my strawberries?
« Reply #1 on: July 01, 2010, 17:10 »
It's the sparrows that are eating mine ::)

My fault, but I ran out of netting  :(

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Re: What is eating my strawberries?
« Reply #2 on: July 01, 2010, 17:36 »
Could be mice or shrews or some sort, we get a lot of them eating ours ::)
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Re: What is eating my strawberries?
« Reply #3 on: July 01, 2010, 17:41 »
Blackbird is no 1 suspect , you can normally see v shaped beak marks. If the strawbs are hollowed out could be slugs or woodlice which like to live in pots. Mice are also a possibility.

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Re: What is eating my strawberries?
« Reply #4 on: July 01, 2010, 18:26 »
I think the marks I could see were probably beak marks, I judt need to be quicker picking them they were ripe and perfect yesterday and eaten today

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Re: What is eating my strawberries?
« Reply #5 on: July 01, 2010, 21:08 »
The birds are really clued in to what`s ripe and what`s not. I had my eye on a huge strawb but it was white so i thought i`d wait for it to colour up.
The blackbird didn`t and ate half of it. :mad:
I think their sense of smell is much better than we give them credit for. :)



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