On 7/15/2016 5:17 AM, Janet wrote:
In article , david@abacus-
nurseries.co.uk says...

I had a really good crop of Gooseberries last week, but in a matter of 5
days all the fruit has gone from 24 bushes.
Any ideas?
No footprint of any sort in the soil

Maybe the thieves arrived by air? I've seen flocks of fieldfares
strip large crops of holly rowan and elder berries in a couple of hours.

Very early one morning (4 to 5 am), I saw a small army of hoodies strip
every single rowan berry from every one of my rowan trees. Had I stayed
in bed until 6, I would not have known what caused all the berries to
disappear.