Re: Wildlife friendly bird protection
Sparklyanna
How sad, do you know I hadn't even thought of that and I've recently splashed out on a load of butterfly netting, now I'm wondering if I should use it. I've done a search on Google and found a possible option worth trying, although I've not used it myself:
http://www.enviromesh.co.uk/butterfly--bird-netting-12-c.asp
In Australia they provide further advice to safeguard their wildlife:
http://www.wildlifefriendlyfencing.com/WFF/Netting.html
Finally, the advice given on the RSPB website is: 'Birds are also likely to be tempted by your soft fruits such as raspberry and gooseberry, so if you don't want to share, you'll have to cover them with 4 cm netting, this wider netting reduces the possibility of birds getting caught up. The netting should be taut, and hanging old CDs from it is a good way to make it more visible. ' Thanks for flagging this up, I'll definitely be placing CDs around the netting I'm using.
Replied: Friday 22nd of April 2016 05:59 PM
