On 5/8/06 23:42, in article , "Alan
Holmes" wrote:
"Russel Sprout" wrote in message
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"Sacha" wrote in message
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On 3/8/06 10:58, in article ,
"DB01" wrote:
"Mary Fisher" wrote in message
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How do you discourage the magpies? We do get a couple trying to enter
the
ivy covered poplar that all the small birds live
They're a pest and a pain, handsome though they are. The old country
people
used to inject an egg with poison and put it into nests the magpies were
plundering - or shoot them, I'm afraid.
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Sacha
A much maligned species.
Not when they destroy other small birds.
Alan
Indeed. I've seen them do it and it's not pretty.
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Sacha
www.hillhousenursery.co.uk
South Devon
(email address on website)