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Produce => Edible Plants => Topic started by: Paulh0048 on January 29, 2013, 11:28:16

Title: Seagulls????
Post by: Paulh0048 on January 29, 2013, 11:28:16
Went to the allotment yesterday to find purple sprouting Broccoli and about 50 spring cabbages decimated, particularly the broccoli, now I've had this sort of damage from pigeons before but not this bad, and not over such a short period, as I had checked them just after the last snowfall.

The guy next door reckons it was seagulls,
Title: Re: Seagulls????
Post by: Digeroo on January 29, 2013, 12:06:30
Welcome to A4A.  We have seagulls around but they do not seem to attack my PSB.  My main problem is with deer.  When there is snow around there is nothing for them to eat, so some PSB sticking up is just the ticket.
Title: Re: Seagulls????
Post by: ACE on January 29, 2013, 12:43:12
Gulls are more common here as we are surrounded by water, but they are not vegetarian, They will raid a bit of freshly dug ground for the grubs and worms, but never the crops. If your neighbour has seen white birds, blame somebody who has a pidgeon loft or dovecote nearby. Gulls are good for the ground, but a pain in the backside if you have a goldfish pond.
Title: Re: Seagulls????
Post by: Paulh0048 on January 29, 2013, 18:49:16
The more i come to think about it, this does not look like bird damage, there's too much damage.
Title: Re: Seagulls????
Post by: galina on January 30, 2013, 11:08:01
Quote from: Paulh0048 on January 29, 2013, 18:49:16
The more i come to think about it, this does not look like bird damage, there's too much damage.

Could it be rabbit?