General Chat

I always shout at the magpies for stealing all the bird bits I put out and for scaring the young ones, but then I remember you are supposed to be respectful to magpies and say good morning to them etc, so I quickly say Good morning to them and then shoosh them away lol

Glad you solved your mystery


Lizx

Magpies don't fly very well with a few grams of lead behind one ear............

;-)

Mayfield ...... :-D

Errol, not ants or Ferries, I am afraid, although we do have ants that live under the front doorstep and, I fear, it is coming up to the dreaded flying ant time when every time we open the front door we get a face full of them. :-(

I was so hoping it was Fairies..........

The Magpies have been driving us mad recently, there are loads of them. All attacking the other smaller birds sitting in the tree squawking and shouting at anything that they feel like abusing.

Their latest trick is to take bread off the bird table and dump it in the bird bath until soggy. We now have a bird bath full of mush. Yuk.

M. :-)

Island ........if you read this, You were right. !!!! :-D

Glad the mystery is solved, thanks for letting us know :-D :-D

I expect the answer was on Wick-a-pedia all along! ;-)

No ants then?

Or ferries?

I have been awaiting an outcome and it seems now that the conundrum is solved.

Well, for anyone that added their thoughts last year here is an update.

For the last couple of mornings a few candles have been on the table.

This morning I was looking out of the window and spotted this naughty behaviour in practice.

He wasn't too sure because we have a new table with a glass top which is a bit slippery.

He actually took five of the six candles out of the holders as I was watching and flew into next door's garden with them.

I am waiting for her to notice five night lights sitting on her grass.

They cant taste very nice as they are Citronelle ones.

Puzzle solved. No Fairies unfortunately, just those naughty Magpies.

M.

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Scozz, there be no Gnomes in MY garden, Oh no.!!!!!!! I can't stand the horrible ugly things.

Huia, No Ferriies either, more's the pity, could do with one on this part of the coast.

Sheep, we have already covered, they can't climb fences.

People, too many prickly things and high fences between open land and the garden.

Pesky kids, see above........

Neighbours, too old, to climb fences.

Piskies, we live in Somerset not Cornwall.

I am still inclined to go with the Fairies, as I am usually away with them, but I have a nasty feeling it could well be those horrible squabblely Magpies and their nasty squawky offspring that are to blame..Although I don't like the thought of coming down one morning to find a Magpie stuck to the table !

As much as I hate to say it, Autumn is coming and the table and brolly will be covered and the candles will be put away for the Winter, so that should put paid to any shinannigans and maybe by next Summer whoever it it will have forgotten the fun they had this year and will leave the blinking things alone.

Unless it's those Fairies.....................................................

M

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The trouble is you might catch the fairies in it. Ferries would be able to break free though.

Oooohhh, I love a good mystery. But I do like to know the answer eventually. I have some spray-on glue if you want to try that. It is not super glue. It is for sticking down photos, or for craft work, things can be repositioned as required so probably not too serious for big animals such as people and squirrels and rooks? Although it might make the beaks want to stick together if they are using them to remove the candles. :-|

I agree with Mauonthecoast

You can't trust those gnomes

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Maryanna, have you tried sticking the candles in with blu tack, might make it harder for them to be pulled out if critters doing it but if people were coming in to do it they would cotton on and still remove them.

I would want to sit up and watch lol it's really strange


Lizx

Had they lit them?

Just an update, they, whoever they are, have been "at it" all Summer and this morning I went down the garden to find all six candles sitting on the table out of their little glass votives.

It has been one or two or sometimes three most mornings.

Worst of all one had a huge juicy spider sitting in it, lucky I don't mind spiders.

Someone was very busy last night. M

grinnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnn :)

Just give me a grin Erroll. M.
:-D

Where will they get the cheese from?

Oh my goodness, at the moment, in the garden are seven, no nine, eleven huge great Crow type birds. Rooks, I think, as there are a lot of them, AND four Magpies, all squabbling over a few soggy Ritz Crackers I put out.

( Himself, will NOT seal the box top down after he has been at them )

I hope my Fairies are not big noisy birds after all.

Thunder has stopped and the sun is out again but someone has a strimmer going, someone else a pressure washer and another has decided it is now time to sit a rev his motor bike up.

Time to go and get tea, I think. M

Mayfield. ;-). M

Sort of thing that really gets on your wick ;-)

I have read the book you are talking about Maryanna , I really enjoyed it :-)