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12-09-2011, 09:49 AM
| | New Member | | Join Date: Sep 2011 Location: wiltshire
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| | | Disappearing blackbirds
We usually have at least 4 resident blackbirds in the garden but have not sighted any for the past few months.Has anyone else experienced this??
We do have many more pigeons taking advantage of the bird food, my concern is some sort of disease which they may be carrying or that they are scaring off other birds. There is definately a reduction in all ground feeding birds such as chaffinches as well.
I don't know how to stop the pigeons unless I stop feeding the birds all together.Any ideas |
12-09-2011, 10:11 AM
|  | Commander of the Wild Empire | | Join Date: Jan 2010 Location: n.e.somerset
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| | | Re: Disappearing blackbirds
This is an annual event.Blackbirds are either in moult or taking advantage of the large crop in the fields and hedgerows.They will be back to the gardens During November.
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12-09-2011, 11:02 AM
| | New Member | | Join Date: Sep 2011 Location: wiltshire
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| | | Re: Disappearing blackbirds
Thankyou, I thought I might need to start searching for recipes for pigeon pie!! |
12-09-2011, 01:59 PM
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| | | Re: Disappearing blackbirds
Welcome to the forum!  Dont worry about your blackbirds - they'll be back, begging for food, as soon as the weather gets colder... Last winter during the cold spell I had as many as 20 waiting for me! Got quite stressful, making sure they were all fed before I could leave for work...  |
20-09-2011, 10:48 AM
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| | | Re: Disappearing blackbirds
Thanks for the reply. In spite of their noise I've been missing them ! |
22-09-2011, 01:18 PM
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| | | Re: Disappearing blackbirds
our blackbirds have vanished also, got quite worried about them too as this is the first year i have noticed they have gone AWOL  | | |
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