In message , Jim S
writes

My pyracantha never gets touched unless everything is frozen, which BTW
has not happened for a few years here on Tyneside.

How strange. The blackbirds here (Aberdeenshire) have already stripped
at least half the orange berries from what is a fairly large pyracantha,
as they do every year. We have had a couple of mild frosts, but not for
more than a week. Everything outside is best described as soggy.
--
Graeme