- until a small rat comes up from the stream to join in, but although he is unwelcome, neither do I want to kill him so his route is barricaded with the baffle from the feeding pole, a wooden owl and 2 watering cans
- now the feeders are moved to different trees and we have a small flock of sparrows, and one of long-tailed tits, a lone robin, a couple of blackbirds....
We used to feed the birds until I saw a very large fat rat under the bird table! Three doors down have hens & I think they are lax at putting feed away & there are definitely rats. Harry is terrified they are going to nest under our decking so we have stopped feeding the birds sadly. We haven’t seen a rat since thankfully though I’m sure they are around!
I'm just hoping it works long-term! (I read that rats are creatures of habit and do not like change - maybe a tad like autistic humans....)
Yes I heard that. Not so bad if you don't see them!