"Roger Tonkin" wrote

I went to pick the gooseberries today, and found that 2
uncovered bushes had been more or less cleared of fruit. I've
never had this before, so looked to see what caused it.

No sign of any insects on the remaining fruit, or on the
leaves.

some of the fruit on the bushes was clearly beeing eaten, split
across the middle and some of the fruit eaten out.

Bushes are quite tightly packed, being in a relatively small
space with little room for expansion and are close together.

Thorns on them would I'd have thought deterred birds.

So what is eating them lease?

Ours are also being eaten, looking at the evidence it's birds of some sort
not mice. The mice are busy eating our cherries! First time that we have had
the gooseberries eaten, I suppose it will happen every year now. :-(
--
Regards. Bob Hobden.
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