esoxluscious 44 Posted December 7, 2012 Report Share Posted December 7, 2012 does anyone have any ideas on detering starlings from my bird feeders, there decimating all the food and chasing of the coal/blue tits that had just started coming to the garden! ATB Quote Link to post Share on other sites
paulus 26 Posted December 7, 2012 Report Share Posted December 7, 2012 does anyone have any ideas on detering starlings from my bird feeders, there decimating all the food and chasing of the coal/blue tits that had just started coming to the garden! ATB dont feed for a day or 2 then try again in the hope that they have located another food source local Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Bootsha 1,306 Posted December 7, 2012 Report Share Posted December 7, 2012 they used to empty my layers pellets out of the hen feeders, queing up 5 deep the fuckers. Just another thought, starlings are all over the place and migratory, very often feeding in cow shit..........cows get tb, i wonder if these little fuckers contribute to the spread of the disease ?? as well as our normal suspects ?? Any thoughts ?? 2 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
byron 1,190 Posted December 7, 2012 Report Share Posted December 7, 2012 starlings,,,ahhh..i love em... the fastest declining bird in britain... so be thankfull you have em.. because like most things, well you know the rest... 5 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Mr Wilkes 3,066 Posted December 7, 2012 Report Share Posted December 7, 2012 I feed wheat ,sunflower + niger to the birds and get most kinds feeding daily but as soon as i put out the"fat balls" in rush the sheps (starlings), i dont mind really because i think they are a very beautiful bird and the tits Clear up the bits left over. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
fireman 11,003 Posted December 7, 2012 Report Share Posted December 7, 2012 Put a big ball of chicken wire around your feeders and only the little birds can go through the holes,but likes been said the starling is dropping in numbers so do leave something out for them somewhere else in the garden. 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
stealthy1 3,964 Posted December 7, 2012 Report Share Posted December 7, 2012 Use a feeder inside a cage globe, thats what I do to protect the small birds feed, their welcome to the rest http://www.ebay.co.uk/sch/i.html?_nkw=bird%20feeder%20globe&clk_rvr_id=422100449197&adpos=1s1&MT_ID=10&crlp=12453338813_2113181&tt_encode=raw&geo_id=32121&keyword=bird+feeder+globe&crdt=0 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
esoxluscious 44 Posted December 7, 2012 Author Report Share Posted December 7, 2012 does anyone have any ideas on detering starlings from my bird feeders, there decimating all the food and chasing of the coal/blue tits that had just started coming to the garden! ATB dont feed for a day or 2 then try again in the hope that they have located another food source local ill take them down for a day or two then, was so happy to see the tit family in the garden for the first time since ive lived here they used to empty my layers pellets out of the hen feeders, queing up 5 deep the fuckers. Just another thought, starlings are all over the place and migratory, very often feeding in cow shit..........cows get tb, i wonder if these little fuckers contribute to the spread of the disease ?? as well as our normal suspects ?? Any thoughts ?? interesting thought.... starlings,,,ahhh..i love em... the fastest declining bird in britain... so be thankfull you have em.. because like most things, well you know the rest... they are a beautiful bird, couldnt keep up with the amount of food there eating! why are they declining? i know their protected but thought they where a pest? Use a feeder inside a cage globe, thats what I do to protect the small birds feed, their welcome to the rest http://www.ebay.co.u...er globe&crdt=0 will have to look into those, thanks missed somebody elses post in the quote but it does seem to be the fat cake that theyve focused on the most thanks again ATB Quote Link to post Share on other sites
paulus 26 Posted December 7, 2012 Report Share Posted December 7, 2012 the invention of plasic soffits and fascia boards have not help either the starling or the house sparrow niether has the culture of well groomed gardens Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Bootsha 1,306 Posted December 7, 2012 Report Share Posted December 7, 2012 A very eco-friendly solution to this problem i think, and will not harm the starlings or other garden bird species(not physically anyhow) put a few pictures of Stabba and Lab " Garfiled" tastic aboot the garden...................................... that will deter any f****n bird coming in there :lol: . Your quite right about the declining species though. When i was a youngster, there was almost plague proportions of them, beautifull birds they are as well. But the above method will normally just stun the birds unconcious for a few minutes ( well when most women see these ugly fuckers out and about it normally sparks them out) so it should be fine for feathered birds imo Hope this helps MON THE HOOPS !!!! lol Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Simoman 110 Posted December 7, 2012 Report Share Posted December 7, 2012 starlings,,,ahhh..i love em... the fastest declining bird in britain... so be thankfull you have em.. because like most things, well you know the rest... Exactly, stunning birds, watching the flock in the thousands must be one of natures most beautiful sights.......... Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Malt 379 Posted December 7, 2012 Report Share Posted December 7, 2012 starlings,,,ahhh..i love em... the fastest declining bird in britain... so be thankfull you have em.. because like most things, well you know the rest... Exactly, stunning birds, watching the flock in the thousands must be one of natures most beautiful sights.......... Stunning to watch the flocks, but the b*****ds are eating £22,000 worth of feed a week down the massive free range poultry farm down the road from me! Absolutely no shortage or decline in numbers of them in this part of the world, as I've been saying for years when the 'how can you hate them, they're lovely and rare' comments come up when I let my feelings be known about them on here! They've got a licence to cull 10% of the numbers there now, 3 lads walking round with rockets and one lad with a hawk. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
esoxluscious 44 Posted December 7, 2012 Author Report Share Posted December 7, 2012 starlings,,,ahhh..i love em... the fastest declining bird in britain... so be thankfull you have em.. because like most things, well you know the rest... Exactly, stunning birds, watching the flock in the thousands must be one of natures most beautiful sights.......... seen this a few times when thye where going to roost near a bridge- amazingly co-ordinated! wont be as hard on them then, hate to see a native species diappear! grey squirrels in the garden wont be so lucky though, the fenn will have to come out- had to different sightings of red squirrels about 5miles from home in the last two months ATB Quote Link to post Share on other sites
esoxluscious 44 Posted December 7, 2012 Author Report Share Posted December 7, 2012 starlings,,,ahhh..i love em... the fastest declining bird in britain... so be thankfull you have em.. because like most things, well you know the rest... Exactly, stunning birds, watching the flock in the thousands must be one of natures most beautiful sights.......... Stunning to watch the flocks, but the b*****ds are eating £22,000 worth of feed a week down the massive free range poultry farm down the road from me! Absolutely no shortage or decline in numbers of them in this part of the world, as I've been saying for years when the 'how can you hate them, they're lovely and rare' comments come up when I let my feelings be known about them on here! They've got a licence to cull 10% of the numbers there now, 3 lads walking round with rockets and one lad with a hawk. what do you mean by rockets, is it welsh slang? £22,000 a week! and im whingeing about about £1.50's worth !! Quote Link to post Share on other sites
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