[mkhenry]

How is it that no matter what netting you put up the Birds will always try to get to your strawberrys before you do...................Well heres one extra way to stop them.........Paint a few stones red and lay them just outside your netting.Make sure that in size and shape they resemble strawberrys.The birds will soon swoop down to peck them,and get a real shock instead of a treat...Soon the birds will give up and leave your luscious fruits alone

[loubylou29]

Will try this, with some cheapo nail varnish.

[mkhenry]

Will try this, with some cheapo nail varnish.

Great Loubylou it works and it is fun watching them pick up the stones and shaking their heads when then peck down.They sometimes do a little dance perhaps in frustration.

[percy thrower's cat]

i find that having 3 cats constantly on patrol in my garden dissuades any birds from pecking my strawberries..

[Ann]

As well as our own cat there are 6 neighbouring cats who wander around our garden and we still have problems with the birds.  Sparrows mainly for some strange reason they enjoy lettuce and beetroot tops.