On 04/09/2012 20:04, Roger Tonkin wrote:
My sweet peas are just coming into flower - I know they late, it's a
long story. I had a look at them this evening, and several flower stalks
have been eaten from the top dow, you can even see the remains of where
the flowers were! One stalk had one open flower, the rest eaten!

My only though is a pair of collared doves that seem to have taken
residence in the garden at the moment, but upto now they've been doing a
good jib clearing the lawn of the seeds that the tits and sparrows drop.

Not seen a squirrel recently, but I dont rule him out.

Any other possibilities?



I've had a similar problem with my runner beans, and the culprits are
sparrows - don't remember it ever happening before.