Keith Bradley
Well-known member
Hi chaps and chappesses
I have a small back garden with three conifers at the foot of the garden. Within the last fortnight or so we have become aware of a sizeable wasps nest within the conifers (about a foot in length I would say - at least from my wife's hand signs, I can't bring myself to look!). This nest is within a few feet from the bird feeders and some birds, house sparrows in particular, have seemingly become inquisitive with the coming and going of wasps. It's hard to tell if the wasps are bothering the birds (or vice versa), all I have seen is the type of reaction that would indicate the birds may have got too close at some stage, and reacted by flying away a short distance. A few days on and the Blackbird, sparrows, blue tits, robin etc. still come to feed even thought he wasps are flying among them.
My wife and I have decided that we will let nature take it's course and not destroy the nest, and after reading up on the 'net, I am happy to leave the wasps nest be until they have all died off, or disappeared for the Winter. But my main concern is that the wasps will scare the birds away - if thats the case I may need to rethink my actions.
Anyone able to offer any help? :h?:
Cheers
Keith
I have a small back garden with three conifers at the foot of the garden. Within the last fortnight or so we have become aware of a sizeable wasps nest within the conifers (about a foot in length I would say - at least from my wife's hand signs, I can't bring myself to look!). This nest is within a few feet from the bird feeders and some birds, house sparrows in particular, have seemingly become inquisitive with the coming and going of wasps. It's hard to tell if the wasps are bothering the birds (or vice versa), all I have seen is the type of reaction that would indicate the birds may have got too close at some stage, and reacted by flying away a short distance. A few days on and the Blackbird, sparrows, blue tits, robin etc. still come to feed even thought he wasps are flying among them.
My wife and I have decided that we will let nature take it's course and not destroy the nest, and after reading up on the 'net, I am happy to leave the wasps nest be until they have all died off, or disappeared for the Winter. But my main concern is that the wasps will scare the birds away - if thats the case I may need to rethink my actions.
Anyone able to offer any help? :h?:
Cheers
Keith