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I have fed the birds for years now but have an added addition to the garden. Need help in containing the rats that have gathered here in recent years. Do I stop feeding the birds or is there another soluution.

hi! I'm new to posting but not new to birds or the RSPB! However, one problem I have had is that rats always turn up when I have bird food out. At present I have 2 seed feeders and usually the pigeons and dunnock eat what seed falls to the ground. however, I have recently seen a rat there too. I...

Another huge tide today and as such the foreshore was littered with swimming rodents! The crows and Magpies had a few but our presence along the old Victorian Wall allowed many to escape! Harvest Mice by Brenda and me Short-tailed Field Voles (Top two Brenda, bottom one Mark...

I am puzzling what to do about my furry visitor . He is stealing the peanuts. Not at a fast rate but never the less he is stealing them. If this was a squirrel I would just have to tolerate it. Having watched him/her it does not feed voraciously, happy to nibble away at a few bits and...

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Further to Greg’s blog about unwanted predators, it is worth underlining the importance of good bio security. Not surprisingly, there are lots of rats and mice in the harbour at St Justinians and we have measures in place to minimise the risk of accidentally transporting any to the island. But...

jan000 if you could purchase a drain pipe and place it near the bird table or in a shed where the rats are living then place rat bait in the middle of the pipe, the rats should take it. Hi Jan000 and welcome to the forum. I am sure you mean well with your advice but we would certainly not...

Last year marked the 10 th anniversary of the rat eradication programme here on Ramsey. It was a mammoth effort by the RSPB staff and volunteers working here at the time, plus a team of experts from New Zealand company, Wildlife Management International . During our recent trip to NZ, Lisa and I met...

There is another thread discussing rats that you might be interested in reading, check out the linke below. http://www.rspb.org.uk/community/forums/t/30113.aspx

Rats can cause great concern when they turn up in gardens and they can be quite destructive. Although many people choose to go for the pest control option there are a few other things that can be done that might help. Firstly, as has already been suggested, no food should be fed on the ground, especially...

This cold weather is proving a real problem for me with regard to rats in my garden and I guess I'm probably not alone! My garden backs on to open fields and I feed the wild birds all year round, so of course the feed has attracted some unwelcome attention too. I have tried only feeding huskless...

Thanks for the post Calella, this thread has certainly raised some points which not everyone is aware of so i am glad you did post on the forum and i hope the content has been mostly helpful. I hope you will be able to contribute further in the future. About Daisy, does she ever leave the garden and...

Willow For the last 4yrs now we have rats running through the hedge and pest control lay the poison in these little black boxes but I still see the rats running around. I've never wanted to stop feeding the birds but with the pigeons as well making an awful mess on windowsills and huge patches...