Sunday 15 January 2023

Ground Guard

A couple of days ago I installed a large mesh Ground Guard from CJ Wildlife. It comes as a flat pack which is easily assembled in a few minutes to make a safe area for smaller birds which like to feed at ground level but prevents the larger birds, especially Wood Pigeons, from hogging all the food. There is a lid on the top which made it easy to put a tray of seed and a suet slab inside.

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First to try it out was a Robin but so far it has been mostly used by the Blackbirds. It is amusing to watch the Wood Pigeons circling round the guard trying to find a way in and failing. I had hoped the Pied Wagtails would use it but I haven't seen them for a couple of days.

3 comments:

  1. Vicki was looking at something like this the other day, she has trouble with Starlins taking over the feeding stations.

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    1. Rob: I also have Starlings which try to monopolise the feeders. I had expected them to find the guard as they could easily get in but so far they have ignored it.

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  2. It is sweet that you look out for all of the different-sized birds that come into your garden!

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