I can always tell when my cherries are ripe

[Deimos]

I have several cherry trees and each fruits at slightly different times. I can also tell exactly when the fruit is ripe as, one day you can see a tree full of cherries and, when they are ripe, next morning they have all (literally every one) gone. It really is that sudden, virtually all there one evening (a few on the ground) and none there the next morning.

I’ve not yet found any bloated animals sleeping off an excessive meal under any trees and wondered what has that type of appetite ? Any ideas ? (Dept 72/37)

Thanks

Ian

[Furry Knickers]

It's those lovely birds thats eating your cherries, it might even be the lovely green lads with the red heads that I love so much. If it is them, could you try and capture a few for me and I will give you a few quid for them.

[Weedon]

Starlings mate, fousands of em.   What you want to do is to get that Paddywack fella who posted in the vehicle and the food and drink section to set up his snares in the trees for you

weedon

[Deimos]

What amazes me is that they all go in the same night. Not a “seem to be losing some” literally loads one evening and none the next night. Also, I have not noticed loads on stones on the ground, nor bird poo. The weight of cherries taken must be pretty high. Must be a spectacle like Hitchcock’s “The Birds” ? (or whatever the film was called).

Many thanks

Ian

[Motorhead]

Nah, not snares, birdlime!

[Ian Hoare<br>All the best<br>Ian<br>La Souvigne Corrèze<br>http:www.souvigne.com]

Starlings, magpies, jays, crows, you name it, loads of larger birds and a few smaller ones love em. That's the purpose of the fruit - for the tree. To encourage birds to eat them and then poo elsewhere, to spread the species.

That's why pros net their cherries.