Wednesday 30 September 2015

5 Methods for Keeping Birds Out of Your Garden

Many people would welcome birds into their garden but these same people would soon become tired of them if they started eating their fruits and leaving droppings. If you have a garden that contains a lot of consumables then birds can soon become a nuisance. 


To help keep your garden free of unwanted birds, below are 5 great tips to follow – 

1. Use Decoys

Scarring birds away can be a very effective means of keeping your garden free of them. Of course you can’t always be there to scare them away yourself and they’ll soon regroup even if you do. A great solution to this is to use a decoy artificial animal that birds are naturally scared of. This come in different shapes and sizes but when used properly can be a very effective way to keep your garden free of unwanted birds.

2. Use Netting

Netting is used by bird control specialists for a very good reason – it works! Placing netting over your plants will prevent birds from being able to get to them. How you go about positioning the netting will depend on how your plants are laid out and the size of your garden. There are some excellent guides online that show how to set up netting in your garden to keep birds away.

3. Use Wire

Wire is equally as effective at keeping birds away and is easier to set up than netting. To set up wire in your garden simply put posts around your garden and then stretch the wire between them so it’s placed above the plants that you want to protect.

4. Build a Barrier

For smaller plants or ones that are still growing, it’s possible to create your own makeshift barriers to keep birds away from them. Something as simple as a disposable cup with the bottom cut out can be enough to protect your plants from birds. As your plants grow then you can easily switch to netting.

Use High-Tech Solutions

The solutions mentioned above are quite low-tech but there are electronic devices available on the market that can be very effective at keeping birds away. Distress call signal systems are designed to digitally mimic the distress calls that birds send to each other to warn of danger.

Another high-tech means of dealing with unwanted birds are ultrasonic devices such as screeching owls. These are designed to emit a screech that’s frightening to birds and will almost certainly scare them off.

Although birds can sometimes be a nuisance, they can also be very beneficial to gardeners. Annoying pests such as snails, slugs and spiders can cause a lot of damage to your plants. Having birds around will help deal with this problem in an effortless way.

The trick is to attract the right species of birds to your garden whilst keeping the problem ones away. Putting up feeders that only attract certain species of birds is an excellent way to do this.

Always be sure that you never use any forceful means of getting rid of birds from your garden as it could land you in a lot of trouble.

About the Author:

David has a keen interest in bird control and associated with Total bird control. His articles cover topics such as how to keep birds out of your garden.

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