[witham]

we have alot of trees both in the garden and in the nearby area so have lots of nesting birds, we have a chicken feeder in the 'hen pen' with mixed corn/layers pelletts in it, and other assorted animal and bird feeders, there is always food out that the Magpies could take, yet in the nesting season we regularly hear the panic calls from the trees of the parent birds trying to attract the Magpies to draw them away from their nest, then the horrible squawking of the little birds as they are being ripped apart and the chuckling of the Magpies as if either enjoying themselves or calling others to the 'takeaway'. They seem to 'work' the area then move on the next even though there is a ready food supply in the garden so I don't think you can keep them away from the baby birds.