Watch out!
It may well be that other members have already had this problem! I wondered what had caused this...
Well this morning I found out! The worry is that later on I was told that whatever it was has also been seen having a go at sweetcorn, which I've certainly not heard of before and wonder if it's true!
So what is the culprit?
Well this morning I found out! The worry is that later on I was told that whatever it was has also been seen having a go at sweetcorn, which I've certainly not heard of before and wonder if it's true!
So what is the culprit?
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Permalink Reply by Lindsay Birt on -
Deer?
We have Muntjac visiting our garden at night (as well as Badgers). They tidily take the tops off anything they fancy. I lost my Tree Spinach a couple of nights ago.
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Permalink Reply by Flighty on -
Well it is an alien of a sort!
Jan Willetts said:My imagination is running away with me now, I think aliens have landed.....
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Permalink Reply by Flighty on
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Thankfully we don't see either on the allotments here!
Lindsay Birt said:Deer?
We have Muntjac visiting our garden at night (as well as Badgers). They tidily take the tops off anything they fancy. I lost my Tree Spinach a couple of nights ago.
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Permalink Reply by Sarah Rideout on -
A clue! So a bird or insect that is not native? Escapee Parakeets? Locusts?! Something less exotic but here for a short while?
Flighty said:Well it is an alien of a sort!
Jan Willetts said:My imagination is running away with me now, I think aliens have landed.....
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Permalink Reply by Flighty on
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It was a ring-necked parakeet!
http://www.rspb.org.uk/wildlife/birdguide/name/r/ringneckedparakeet...
I see, or hear, them most days and they do roost in the trees that border part of the allotment site. They're very skittish birds but Monday morning I watched, from about twenty feet away, two of them biting through sunflower heads.
They're wonderful to see close up but I'm in two minds when it comes to the damage they do to flowers, fruit and possibly even vegetables.
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Permalink Reply by Jan Willetts on -
Wow, I'd love to see this, any chance of a photo?
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Permalink Reply by Flighty on
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Jan I used to have a couple of bird feeders on the plot until the squirrels destroyed them. Before they did I was lucky enough to see and photograph this
http://flightplot.wordpress.com/2008/11/23/mostly-trees/dscn0851/
Jan Willetts said:Wow, I'd love to see this, any chance of a photo?
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Permalink Reply by Sarah Rideout on
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Aha! Didn't realised they had naturalised, have never seen them here. Long time back saw budgerigars flying wild, wonderful (not here!). We run kids workshops and made a heath robinson contraption with strong string between tripods of hazels poles which we hung all sorts of reflective and wind chimy bits and pieces off over the raspberries - little or no bird damage so far.
Flighty said:It was a ring-necked parakeet!
http://www.rspb.org.uk/wildlife/birdguide/name/r/ringneckedparakeet...
I see, or hear, them most days and they do roost in the trees that border part of the allotment site. They're very skittish birds but Monday morning I watched, from about twenty feet away, two of them biting through sunflower heads.
They're wonderful to see close up but I'm in two minds when it comes to the damage they do to flowers, fruit and possibly even vegetables.
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Permalink Reply by Damo on -
Ah makes sense now, they look great.
Flighty said:It was a ring-necked parakeet!
http://www.rspb.org.uk/wildlife/birdguide/name/r/ringneckedparakeet...
I see, or hear, them most days and they do roost in the trees that border part of the allotment site. They're very skittish birds but Monday morning I watched, from about twenty feet away, two of them biting through sunflower heads.
They're wonderful to see close up but I'm in two minds when it comes to the damage they do to flowers, fruit and possibly even vegetables.
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Permalink Reply by Flighty on
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Their stronghold is Twickenham where thousands roast in a park near the rugby ground, and they have been noted in all counties in England. People are often surprised that they have done so well here but don't realise that they originally came from the foothills of the Himalayas which has a far harsher climate than here.
Sarah Rideout said:Aha! Didn't realised they had naturalised, have never seen them here. Long time back saw budgerigars flying wild, wonderful (not here!). We run kids workshops and made a heath robinson contraption with strong string between tripods of hazels poles which we hung all sorts of reflective and wind chimy bits and pieces off over the raspberries - little or no bird damage so far.
Flighty said:It was a ring-necked parakeet!
http://www.rspb.org.uk/wildlife/birdguide/name/r/ringneckedparakeet...
I see, or hear, them most days and they do roost in the trees that border part of the allotment site. They're very skittish birds but Monday morning I watched, from about twenty feet away, two of them biting through sunflower heads.
They're wonderful to see close up but I'm in two minds when it comes to the damage they do to flowers, fruit and possibly even vegetables.
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Permalink Reply by Jan Willetts on
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Thanks for the photo, a handsome looking bird(the parakeet). I have seen these at Hampton Court when I went to the garden show a couple of years back, didn't know what they were . When I lived in Yorkshire some twenty years ago, I remember seeing one in my garden. I was so surprised I rang the local police in case someone had reported one missing. They were somewhat snotty about it but agreed to let the RSPCA know. Clearly it was never apprehended and was probably the ancestor of the one on your plot!
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