jape
Well-known member
i really hope the modern herbicides are ok for insects and birds
the local contractors recently sprayed hundreds of metres of grass edges around garden beds, walkways etc. with something like paraquat in effect that killed anything contacted. a week or so later all is dead along the edges, grass anyway but broadlefs and mosses are coming back.
my concern is that many birds pick along these edges all day, robin, blackbird, pigeon, dove, sparrow, dunnock and goldfinch, for exposed seeds and of course insects. i see them taking worms, grubs and small beetles.
i will try and find out what they use and what certification it has but imagine such poisons must get into microbial and insect life before it breaks down, if it does, to 'harmless' substances. its a worry, but hopefully baseless.
the local contractors recently sprayed hundreds of metres of grass edges around garden beds, walkways etc. with something like paraquat in effect that killed anything contacted. a week or so later all is dead along the edges, grass anyway but broadlefs and mosses are coming back.
my concern is that many birds pick along these edges all day, robin, blackbird, pigeon, dove, sparrow, dunnock and goldfinch, for exposed seeds and of course insects. i see them taking worms, grubs and small beetles.
i will try and find out what they use and what certification it has but imagine such poisons must get into microbial and insect life before it breaks down, if it does, to 'harmless' substances. its a worry, but hopefully baseless.