"David in Normandy" wrote in message
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On 30/04/2010 19:14, bob wrote:
that time of year again and the birds are all watching me plant and
deciding who eats what!,what methods have you all found the most
effective,there seems to be no end of clever looking devices,humming
tape,inflatable birds of prey but do they work?,all input most
welcome,thank you all!

The most effective thing I found was to simply throw a net over the veg. I
just leave it resting lose on the top of brassicas with the edges weighted
down with a few rocks. I remove the net when then plants are a bit more
mature and less of a tasty morsel. Pigeons can strip a row of young
cabbage plants in a single sitting.

Last year the damned things stipped the sprouts even though they were
'mature', I did stop them doing any more damage by putting some net over
them, but they had done so much damage that we got very little from them, so
any other form of deterent will be most welcome.

Alan




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