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- Protect berries from consumption by greedy birds
- Birds can be a problem - but often they are not
- Protect berry bushes with nets from birds
- Alternatives to bird nets
- Tips
Even birds taste berries
Protect berries from consumption by greedy birds
Most garden owners enjoy the different animals, which as guests or as permanent residents make a garden truly a natural paradise. Sometimes, however, birds can come in droves over the own berry shrubs in such large numbers that there is hardly anything left for the harvest.
Birds can be a problem - but often they are not
First of all, it must be said that all the fruit plants in the garden certainly do not need to be covered with protective nets and grilles by default. It depends on many different factors, whether or not a garden will become the destination of migratory bird swarms. The problem of bird feeding on the berry bushes in the garden is not least determined by the following factors:
Protect berry bushes with nets from birds
In order to effectively protect berry bushes such as currants and gooseberries from thieves and other birds, the net should be applied on time before harvesting. Note, however, that these thin plastic nets can be virtually ineffective if they allow the birds to advance from the ground to the fruits or rest directly on the branches. It has therefore proven to be particularly advantageous to plant in rows planted berry bushes or juxtaposed potted plants with a frame of bamboo sticks or Haraht to what then the actual bird protection net is spaced at a distance to the branches and fruits.
Alternatives to bird nets
Since there are always tragic deaths of animals entangled in the bird net, the use of private horticulture is controversial. As an alternative, the so-called defense kites can serve in part. These are bird of prey silhouettes made of metal, which have a deterrent effect on some bird species such as starlings. It may also be worthwhile to use a suitable bird incubator to specifically move a starling family to settle there. Since stare defend their "brood-tree" against other starlings, this can reduce the Vogelelfraß to a minimum. It also helps to provide the birds with rather uninteresting food alternatives such as elder, privet, ivy and mountain ash.
Tips
If you protect your berry bushes in the garden with special nets from birds, then you should necessarily tie their loose ends and laces so that they are not a deadly trap for curious birds. Bird nets should also not hang down to the ground, as they can be fatal to toads and other amphibians.