How to Prevent Bird Damage

A wide variety of fruit and vegetables are damaged by birds. Sometimes the extent of the damage can be very significant.

The list of birds which cause damage to crops is endless, ravens, crows, blackbirds, the list is endless.

Talk to any gardener about bird damage and you will hear a variety of solutions to the problem. But in reality there are only two proven and reliable methods of preventing damage by birds, netting and fruit cages. Excluding the birds from the fruit and vegetables is the only way forward.

Click here to see a range of excellent quality and good value walk-in, heavy duty steel fruit cages.

Other walk-in fruit cages are available by clicking on the descriptions below:
Decorative Steel Fruit Cage
Aluminium Fruit Cage, by far the best on the market in it's class!
Timber Fruit Cage, for a more rugged natural look

Smaller fruit cages are also available below:
Steel Vegetable and Strawberry Cage, stands 1.2m high above ground
Steel Freestanding Veg and Strawberry Cage, easily moved around
Aluminium Vegetable Cage - the cost effective option

Netting comes in a variety of sizes and qualities. Some recommended ones are listed below. Click the picture for more details.

	Polyethylene value for money netting with a 20mm mesh.
	Heavy Duty version of above netting with 20mm diamond mesh. Good for protection against most birds.
	Extra Heavy Duty Netting with 16mm mesh. Tip top quality.
	Anti Pigeon Netting with 8cm mesh. Snow will fall through this netting to prevent strain on it.
	Pond netting. Heavy duty, will permit small pond life to get in and out.

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