I have had blackbirds nesting in a shrub in my garden for several
years. The female has often removed the moss from my bonsai pots and
made a bit of a mess but I allow that. The last couple of days
however she has been "digging" in pots of newly sown seed, (sweet pea,
verbena bonariensis - the GW free seed!) and other pots of loose
soil. I have no greenhouse. To cap it all, this morning I admired a
good 3 inch shoot on a seedling delphinium, up on the bonsai shelf,
and now the shoot has totally gone; no sign of life at all, and soil
everywhere!
Is it the fact that the ground is dry and hard and the birds cannot
dig in it? I can think of no other reason.
How can we help the birds while it is so unseasonably warm?
(But not for long they say!)


Pam in Bristol
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