Re: The Big Garden Birdwatch
Originally Posted by
Tiffany
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No idea where the rats here came/come from, but I think they have always been here, but never obvious like they have been lately. If I hadn't seen them in daylight I'd not have known, but I have seen them so sadly the birds have to be unfed. I will start feeding the birds again in a week or so & if the weather gets bad.
Trouble is, they breed so quickly. I have a feeling the babies can start reproducing by the time they are 12 weeks old, and with sometimes 12 in a litter, you can see how easy it is to get over run with the darn things.
I stopped feeding the birds for a couple of months in the end.
I missed seeing them alot, and the garden only seemed half alive when the birds left.
Happily they came back again within a couple of days of putting food out again.