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Birds ripping up my lawn HELP!!

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alanco15
alanco15 Posts: 275 Forumite
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hi, could anyone offer any advice please , i did have a nice lawn but during the last 3 weeks i have had a visit from a blackbird and another brown coloured bird and they have been pecking and ripping up hte lawn and it looks awful i have given up trying to repair and sow new seed.

What can i do .
any advice thanks
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  • ljonski
    ljonski Posts: 3,337 Forumite
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    i am a s/e cat. I will see this bird off for a weeks supply of whiskas. Big birds are extra !
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  • alanco15
    alanco15 Posts: 275 Forumite
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    :rotfl::rotfl:, thanks all the same but i already have a cat, but she just seems to like to watch the birds :confused:
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  • kazwookie
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    Get some old cd's the shinier the better, put them on to garden canes or similar with string, place into lawn......................

    Run round dressed like a scarecrow?? :rotfl:

    Sit outside and bang saucepans together?? :rotfl:
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  • ljonski
    ljonski Posts: 3,337 Forumite
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    perhaps you are feeding your cat too much ?
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    That brown coloured bird is Mr. Blackbirds wifey.... I agree with putting out shiny CD's they don't like it, or bits of tin foil on sticks ...
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  • alanco15
    alanco15 Posts: 275 Forumite
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    thanks all, i will try the cd thing, would making a scarecrow do any good or are birds just not that stupid.
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  • MunnyBoiler
    MunnyBoiler Posts: 104 Forumite
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    Yep, Mr & Mrs Blackbird are enjoying your garden!

    When I'm trying to keep wild birds from pecking at parts of my garden, I want them to leave alone, I use those little windmills. I bought a load last year in a sale and they are moved around the garden as required
  • Lucyxx
    Lucyxx Posts: 3,147 Forumite
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    Would it help if you chucked out some chunks of slightly over ripe apple or raisins? then they'll eat that rather than peck at the lawn for worms hopefully? that is if you don't mind them in.
  • Kevstir
    Kevstir Posts: 125 Forumite
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    isnt this about the time leatherjackets are around, you could have them under your lawn and the birds are having a feast.
  • jjjme
    jjjme Posts: 38 Forumite
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    Lucyxx wrote: »
    Would it help if you chucked out some chunks of slightly over ripe apple or raisins? then they'll eat that rather than peck at the lawn for worms hopefully? that is if you don't mind them in.

    Thats what I've been doing this year - cheap smart price sultanas/raisins from ASDA - they absolutely love them and can honestly say I haven't once seen them attack the lawn instead.
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