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Old 01-11-2002, 03:41 PM
Carol Russell
 
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Default Glowworms as biologcal control


"K" wrote in message
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"Jane Ransom" wrote in message
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: I once went through my bird book from beginning to end to find out which
: birds ate slugs. The list is:
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: starling
: partridge
: corncrake (rare, apr-sept)
: stone curlew (deep south only, mar-oct)
: spotted crake (waterside, apr-dec)
: black tailed godwit (coastal)
: moorhen (waterside)
:
: I think you will find hens will eat your slugs as well!!!
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: Jane Ransom in Lancaster.

The only one we are likely to get in our garden is the starling - and we

get
plenty - but they're not doing a very good job :O((((

Same here. The slugs are under cover by day when the starlings are active
and the starlings are open ground birds.
Do hedgehogs eat slugs

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