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Sweet Cherries - Beware
There's been a bit of discussion lately about sweet cherries so a word
of warning. We have a heavily cropping mature sweet cherry in our garden and the cherries are delicious - the ones left for us, that is! They are exceedingly attractive to birds and squirrels and they will literally gorge on them. Wood Pigeons like them and Blackbirds are quite destructive, often slashing into cherries and leaving them damaged rather than taking the whole fruit. We even have a pair of Carrion Crows regularly feeding on them. When they come all other birds leave the garden, although the pigeons will try to stand up to them for so long. Today a flock of Starlings, 50 at least, descended on the tree, but left in a hurry when an indignant Lord Crow dropped vertically into the top, staying to eat a couple of cherries himself. If anyone is hoping for a viable crop, rather than the occasional treat, it will almost certainly be necessary to protect the ripe cherries. Pigeons even take them green. |
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