Most birds are welcome visitors and we actively encourage them into our gardens. However, occasionally birds can be destructive and we need to protect our plants.
Symptoms
Birds can destroy crops such as lettuce, peas, brassicas and beetroot. They can also eat a newly sown lawn in minutes.
Control
The only certain way to keep birds from destroying crops and eating grass seed is to net the area. Nets can be draped temporarily over plants but ideally if you are growing soft fruit such as raspberries a permanent bird-proof cage may be the solution.
