On Tue, 18 Sep 2012 21:15:27 +0100, Jake
wrote:
On Tue, 18 Sep 2012 18:26:23 +0100, wrote:
Not quite gardening but some on here may have an answer.
We have a couple of large Cotoneaster bushes which are popular with
the local bird population who are tucking in well,however a large
number of berries are falling
It's unusual for birds to drop berries like this. More usually, the
birds ingest the berries and poop out the seeds (cotoneaster is one of
those shrubs listed as invasive for this reason).
The birds are passing them through ok,need to sweep the path 4 times a
day or the mess gets trodden into the door mat. It's the berries that
are just shaken ,knocked or just fall off which I was hoping to save.
What I have more a less decided to do is just sweep them up and place
them in a different part of the garden so some other birds can have a
chance at them without getting into territorial fighting.
G.Harman