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#270097 23-Apr-2020 10:47
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Hi all, I have some bark/mulch around my garden that birds are constantly coming and scratching in. They fling the stuff everywhere over the grass and concrete and it's a real pain. They do this daily.

 

Are there any discrete products that I could use to repel them? I have seen stuff like this: https://www.pestrol.co.nz/buy-online/pestrol-solar-yard-repeller-elite/ and other products they have, but it appears that the sounds they emit will be visible by humans and pets etc.

 

I just want to keep birds from scratching up my bark and mulch looking for food!

 

Thank you


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  #2468514 23-Apr-2020 11:43
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This has come up in GZ before. I had this problem and bought a roll of black fine-mesh gutter-guard type plastic. I scraped back some bark, pegged lengths of netting down alongside the path where the birds were scattering the bark - then sprinkled a layer of the bark back over the mesh to disguise it (not at all ugly @MikeAqua). This stops the birds getting into the ground beneath - they get frustrated, disillusioned and pissed-off - and stop doing it. i.e. works really well.

 

Something like this:

 

https://www.bunnings.co.nz/greenscape-gutterguard-180mmx20m_p0265698

 

 

 

 





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