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We have noticed that the blackbirds normally that frequent our
garden seem to give it a miss when we have used metaldhyde in the
form of slug pellets or when applied in liquid form, however small
the area or however few the pellets.

By contrast, the house sparrows seem to increase in number when
there is metaldehyde about.

Has anyone else noticed this? We do not think that it is our
imagination.

Peter

PS. Up here in the north midlands we had our annual "Flying ant day"
on Monday 5th.