tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6784891745623390957.post709836065153125461..comments2024-03-22T23:27:47.349+00:00Comments on EAGLETON NOTES: Deterring HuntersGraham Edwardshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11196744947133121475noreply@blogger.comBlogger21125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6784891745623390957.post-8161809494857596992014-07-19T18:38:30.014+01:002014-07-19T18:38:30.014+01:00Terra in parts of the Island mink would be a probl...Terra in parts of the Island mink would be a problem but, so far, we've been spared that menace here on Point. Graham Edwardshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11196744947133121475noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6784891745623390957.post-19865333810104850182014-07-15T03:45:25.487+01:002014-07-15T03:45:25.487+01:00I hope you figure out the right contraption to kee...I hope you figure out the right contraption to keep the gulls away from the fish, a bit more pretty than the rope and bags. Raccoons like to get the fish from ponds here in California.Terra https://www.blogger.com/profile/04396481049075747940noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6784891745623390957.post-2926114268861655302014-07-13T06:59:06.876+01:002014-07-13T06:59:06.876+01:00'Products of an urban ignorance'. Where i...'Products of an urban ignorance'. Where is the spillchucker when you need it?Graham Edwardshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11196744947133121475noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6784891745623390957.post-66362592547395642652014-07-13T06:58:04.486+01:002014-07-13T06:58:04.486+01:00I've Googled the problem (I wonder if 'Goo...I've Googled the problem (I wonder if 'Googled' requires a capital letter in that situation) and the results have been fascinating. Did you know for example that gulls don't eat fish? Of course they do but the number of answers which said they didn't was amazing: prodents of an urban ignorance.Graham Edwardshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11196744947133121475noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6784891745623390957.post-29508720672970936782014-07-13T06:55:15.258+01:002014-07-13T06:55:15.258+01:00Jenny they can be really vicious and we have broug...Jenny they can be really vicious and we have brought it on ourselves in many ways because people feed them and leave food litter all over the place. Instead of seabirds and scavengers clearing up the dead they have become chip eaters. I hope people realise that they are being really cruel and probably making the gulls fat and giving them heart disease. Having said all that at least the ones trying to get my fish can recognise a healthy meal when they see one!Graham Edwardshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11196744947133121475noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6784891745623390957.post-64370846576362823602014-07-12T00:28:43.501+01:002014-07-12T00:28:43.501+01:00Good thing you saw the culprit and you were able t...Good thing you saw the culprit and you were able to devise a protective thingamabob for the time being.<br />I think a net would work, but I'm sure if you googled the problem you're having that there are lots of other folks in the same boat that have shared their remedies online.....good luck.VirginiaChttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17282569773671179047noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6784891745623390957.post-62253397900132472402014-07-11T22:49:43.136+01:002014-07-11T22:49:43.136+01:00I would believe anything of seagulls after I saw o...I would believe anything of seagulls after I saw one snatch a bag of chips from a five year olds hand! Glad you're finding lots of nice things to do. Jenny Woolfhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16881781466502273314noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6784891745623390957.post-68915072609595843952014-07-11T21:11:00.536+01:002014-07-11T21:11:00.536+01:00Monica the bags were there to alert the birds to t...Monica the bags were there to alert the birds to the strings. I don't think they are necessary now. I agree that if they were just sitting around in town then the bags would be a target for the gulls. Here in a rural sheep farming (ostensibly) community absolutely no one would ever feed a gull and our refuse is all collected in wheelie bins so our gulls are not urban scavengers.Graham Edwardshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11196744947133121475noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6784891745623390957.post-59537162085495318842014-07-11T21:07:06.842+01:002014-07-11T21:07:06.842+01:00Something along those lines sounds the most accept...Something along those lines sounds the most acceptable solution Jean.Graham Edwardshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11196744947133121475noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6784891745623390957.post-27798330536748295302014-07-11T17:45:36.377+01:002014-07-11T17:45:36.377+01:00I think around here plastic bags would attract the...I think around here plastic bags would attract the gulls (used to town environment!) rather than deter them... When people leave garbage bags beside full bins for example, we have the gulls and the crows fighting for them! :)DawnTreaderhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04533307672147117843noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6784891745623390957.post-61923294279513476722014-07-11T10:11:44.268+01:002014-07-11T10:11:44.268+01:00Perhaps you could commission an artist to make an ...Perhaps you could commission an artist to make an aesthetically pleasing web of thread? JeanJayviewhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06358384803437366118noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6784891745623390957.post-15486600277759929472014-07-11T08:02:32.253+01:002014-07-11T08:02:32.253+01:00I think, Meike, that it's going to have to be ...I think, Meike, that it's going to have to be a net whilst I have the goldfish. Another alternative is string or cotton which will tangle their wings and they seem to sense that. Graham Edwardshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11196744947133121475noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6784891745623390957.post-76504359585055430172014-07-11T08:00:51.587+01:002014-07-11T08:00:51.587+01:00Interestingly Red we have mink on the Island but n...Interestingly Red we have mink on the Island but not yet near here. That's one thing I hadn't thought of. Mind you keeping fish in an ornamental pond outside the town is a very unusual thing to do.Graham Edwardshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11196744947133121475noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6784891745623390957.post-32588798181572580572014-07-11T07:59:12.855+01:002014-07-11T07:59:12.855+01:00Yesterday when my bed was being delivered and I co...Yesterday when my bed was being delivered and I couldn't get to my camera (because I had one end of the bed!) two Black-backed Gulls were seeing off a pair of Buzzards right overhead and I missed a cracking shot given the perfect light. Later they saw off two Great Skuas. They may have a nest somewhere around here. I think they would laugh at a Heron. I've seen them peck the eyes out of new-born lambs. They really are the most despicable of bird life and get they are protected so you can't even say 'shoo' to them. Graham Edwardshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11196744947133121475noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6784891745623390957.post-89314878825542929442014-07-11T07:54:59.300+01:002014-07-11T07:54:59.300+01:00Not even a human one Carol. Black-backed Gulls ar...Not even a human one Carol. Black-backed Gulls are totally fearless. They have a wingspan of about 31"/79cm and beaks of steel. Yesterday I saw a pair seeing off some Great Skuas which are the vicious pirates of the sea feared by almost all other seabirds.Graham Edwardshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11196744947133121475noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6784891745623390957.post-5746157447032810572014-07-11T07:51:37.130+01:002014-07-11T07:51:37.130+01:00When I put the goldfish in I put in a crate with l...When I put the goldfish in I put in a crate with large holes in the sides as an escape place and they do use it but the seagulls swoop in so quickly. Graham Edwardshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11196744947133121475noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6784891745623390957.post-19513019494177000702014-07-11T07:21:00.897+01:002014-07-11T07:21:00.897+01:00My parents have a goldfish pond at their allotment...My parents have a goldfish pond at their allotment, and a few times in the past it has had unwelcome visitors of the Heron family. For one or two summers, my Dad had a net across the pond. It didn't look beautiful, but apparently, it helped to make the pond unattractive enough for herons and other birds; they have not come back again.Librarianhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05704656564078750607noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6784891745623390957.post-6911737072309737072014-07-11T04:15:14.786+01:002014-07-11T04:15:14.786+01:00Here it's mink that steal the fish.Here it's mink that steal the fish.Redhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17996243850279671523noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6784891745623390957.post-11196510377551354852014-07-11T00:13:09.059+01:002014-07-11T00:13:09.059+01:00People sometimes employ plastic herons by the sid...People sometimes employ plastic herons by the sides of ponds but I guess that seagulls are as intelligent as magpies and may simply laugh at plastic herons. However, they would look a lot better than your current defence mechanism. Maybe a plastic hawk flying from a cane?<br />Yorkshire Puddinghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06019673884543913089noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6784891745623390957.post-75265487692548807842014-07-10T22:52:13.082+01:002014-07-10T22:52:13.082+01:00Will a scarecrow work with seagulls? Will a scarecrow work with seagulls? Carolhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05592150238891296272noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6784891745623390957.post-60948427245778921852014-07-10T20:44:42.702+01:002014-07-10T20:44:42.702+01:00Try a bit of decking. They should be able to hide ...Try a bit of decking. They should be able to hide under that. Conversely it will give the gulls somewhere to perch and wait so perhaps not.ADRIANhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07113961163396562781noreply@blogger.com