Larger birds in back garden...neighbours not happy

Phil.x

OP, keep up the good work, I have many bird feeders also neighbour's have a nest in their roof with chicks and the sound at feeding time in the mornings and evenings is something else.

It's not antisocial to feed wild birds only a birdbrain would come up with such rubbish.

kowloon

Deleted User wrote: »

Also remember your badger is probably keeping the rats away from your garden.

I think its the seagulls that gets many people's backs up.

He's a good badger. I accidentally closed a gate on him a while back and had to catch him to get him back out. They're much bigger in person.
I have a fox that visits too.
I grew up on the coast and the gulls are definitely loud.

degsie

Phil.x wrote: »

It's not antisocial to feed wild birds only a birdbrain would come up with such rubbish.

In the UK you can have an Anti-Social Behavioral Order(ASBO) placed against you if you attract too many birds to your street.

Cuttlefish

degsie wrote: »

In the UK you can have an Anti-Social Behavioral Order(ASBO) placed against you if you attract too many birds to your street.

How many is too many??
Is it by type of bird etc


To all posters thanks for the responses agreeing/ disagreeing good or bad...I just wanted some thoughts from others on feeding the larger birds and also had anyone else had problems with their feeders especially ones that were supposed to be crow/ large bird proof but by design were actually not

Love, peace and bananas to all

beauf

Phil.x wrote: »

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It's not antisocial to feed wild birds only a birdbrain would come up with such rubbish.

Just as well no one suggested that. ...

Uncle Pierre

Well, I sometimes get caught up in a thread whose title just catches my attention in the "latest posts" list on the home page. Have to say this has been one of the most bizarre and entertaining ones in a long time.

Hope I catch another good one tomorrow!

'Bye folks. As somebody else said, love, peace, and bananas to all.

Blueshoe

New Home wrote: »

MOD: Right, everyone. Please cut the bickering out and if you can't post constructively there's the door, don't let it hit you on the way out. That goes for both sides of the argument.

Bet you don't have to post something like that too often on the bird watching forum.

Phil.x

degsie wrote: »

In the UK you can have an Anti-Social Behavioral Order(ASBO) placed against you if you attract too many birds to your street.

With all due respect we're not in the UK.

beauf

https://www.citizensinformation.ie/en/justice/law_enforcement/anti_social_behaviour_by_adults.html

There's any number of other fines that could be applied.

beauf

Uncle Pierre wrote: »

Well, I sometimes get caught up in a thread whose title just catches my attention in the "latest posts" list on the home page. Have to say this has been one of the most bizarre and entertaining ones in a long time.

Hope I catch another good one tomorrow!

'Bye folks. As somebody else said, love, peace, and bananas to all.

Threads titled ..."neighbours not happy" you can expect to be entertaining and get the popcorn ready.

Phil.x

beauf wrote: »

https://www.citizensinformation.ie/en/justice/law_enforcement/anti_social_behaviour_by_adults.html

There's any number of other fines that could be applied.

Ha ha ha ha, the antisocial birdman.

upupup

Lots of large birds in my garden....most over 6ft tall,I'm not complaining:)
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A friend of mine had a nest of small birds on the ledge outside the window of his office. He said he loved coming in to the office everyday to see if they had hatched. Came in one day to find a seagull in the middle of its breakfast.

Also the hooded crow and rook are known to steal eggs of other birds and feed on smaller birds.

Larger seagulls have been known to eat baby rabbits.

If you genuinely love small birds please stop attracting larger predators into the habitat you created for them.

GreeBo

Cuttlefish wrote: »

Readers as I mentioned I have taken steps to reduce ground feed and will stop altogether.

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Why would you not just stop now though? What are you waiting for?

Just because its your garden doesnt mean you can do what you want by the way, or would you be happy if your neighbour starting fixing lawnmowers and motorbikes in his back garden every morning?

New Home

upupup wrote: »

Lots of large birds in my garden....most over 6ft tall,I'm not complaining:)
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Scary... looks like a collection of old Barbies... or dressed-up stick insects...

archer22

degsie wrote: »

In the UK you can have an Anti-Social Behavioral Order(ASBO) placed against you if you attract too many birds to your street.

Jeez that could be a serious problem if you were a good looking guy!

the purple tin

New Home wrote: »

Scary... looks like a collection of old Barbies... or dressed-up stick insects...

Reminds me a bit of The Island of the Dolls!
ps do not look that up if you want to sleep tonight.

kowloon

Blueshoe wrote: »

Bet you don't have to post something like that too often on the bird watching forum.

Someone got stabbed with the stem of a wine glass at the last Boards beers for saying Hedge Sparrow and Dunnock mean the same thing.

Gerry T

I'm guessing as your an early riser OP you prob go to bed early also. How would you like your neighbour playing loud music at night, not lifting the roof but enough to grate on your nerves and disturbe your sleep. Would that be ok, every night.

New Home

Mod: That's it, I'm deleting the last inane comment and locking the thread. This isn't After Hours, folks.