Neighbour excessively feeding birds

LadyDee

Smodlet wrote: »

I thought we were kind of a big deal having two... :rotfl:

I live on the edge of and am surrounded by a woods, and have a variety of animals that require attention - not just the birds. Deer, foxes, hedgehogs, tiny mice, the rats that clear up (I know, but they do have their uses), probably other things I've never seen. I therefore have one birdbath just inches from the ground, another one about 18 inches and a standard one about 3 foot high. All in different parts of my small garden. Judging by the evidence some of them leave behind and the constant need to top up the birdbaths it's obvious they all make good use of them. Keeps me busy, especially on those icy, wintery mornings when I have to brave the elements in order to break the ice.

The things we do for our feathered/furry/spiky friends:)

gomer

I've seen this more than once. Sometimes it is just misguided, but it can be a mental illness as in one case i saw of an elderly woman who caused a plague of rats in a street by piling heaps and heaps of food ankle deep all over her garden.

The neighbours gardens were riddled with rat tunnels and in the daytime they were running all over the place & the woman genuinely believed she was helping the poor little 'squirrells' which were actually dirty great rats.

Obviously it is a statutory nuisance & should be reported to the council as such. Awkward when you don't want to cause a conflict, but how much are you prepared to tolerate is the question. Ultimately if you are not happy with the consequences of living next to someone who is clearly taking bird feeding to another extreme then you have to report it otherwise you'll just sink into resentment.