sticky traps and birds
 

Hi all

Sorry if this is blindingly obvious but here goes...

I've cut up yellow sticky traps to smaller pieces, fixed them on plant
labels and pushed them into various pots around the greenhouse.

Last week I out some trays of pots out to harden off. We popped out for a
bit and when we came back I was amused to see a coal tit pecking insects off
one of the sticky traps - and then realised it wasn't, it was pecking to try
and get free. It had become stuck by a leg and a wing. I was able to free it
easily enough, and despite having a primary feather damaged it seemed to be
OK if a bit stunned, but if we'd been out for longer or one of the many
local cats had got to it it wouldn't have been.

So I've learnt a lesson - hope someone finds it useful too.

Michael S

sticky traps and birds
 

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"Michael Savage" wrote in message
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Hi all

Sorry if this is blindingly obvious but here goes...

I've cut up yellow sticky traps to smaller pieces, fixed them on plant
labels and pushed them into various pots around the greenhouse.

Last week I out some trays of pots out to harden off. We popped out for a
bit and when we came back I was amused to see a coal tit pecking insects
off
one of the sticky traps - and then realised it wasn't, it was pecking to
try
and get free. It had become stuck by a leg and a wing. I was able to free
it
easily enough, and despite having a primary feather damaged it seemed to
be
OK if a bit stunned, but if we'd been out for longer or one of the many
local cats had got to it it wouldn't have been.

So I've learnt a lesson - hope someone finds it useful too.

Michael S