twenty Posted October 4, 2019 First of this Autumns Redwings reported in Gloucestershire yesterday Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
JDog Posted October 4, 2019 I’ve been on the lookout but haven’t seen any yet. Thrushes and Blackbirds are eating all of the berries on the Sorbus tree opposite my house. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
twenty Posted October 4, 2019 Northerly wind may have pushed these early birds Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
bruno22rf Posted October 4, 2019 Great - surely thousands must die in the UK now that farmers have decided that Autumn is a great time to cut hedges back - along with the fruit and berries that they hold. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
twenty Posted October 4, 2019 7 minutes ago, bruno22rf said: Great - surely thousands must die in the UK now that farmers have decided that Autumn is a great time to cut hedges back - along with the fruit and berries that they hold. Yeah it is a shame when they do that, but the hedgerows around here are laden with berries this year, I have only ever found one dead migrant thrush in all my years in the countryside, and there was no evidence of starvation, their breeding season is in Iceland, Scandinavia or the Baltic, so the UK must seem a good winter location compared to what feeding would be left in the Subarctic. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Walker570 Posted October 4, 2019 They do like ripe apples as well as berries. Had a few in my orchard last year. My roadside hedge is 14-15ft high and I only cut two thrids of the side, leaving the top to flower and produce berries. Pity more farmers don't do this, partuclarly those who have any partridge shooting. A very strong wind on Tuesday afternoon would have pushed them south I think, but the 'experts' will come out blaming global warming. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
