Bird problem, perhaps

[woolybanana]

My bird table and feeders are close-ish to the house and give me much visual pleasure, but recently, a young kestrel has decided it is his or her happy hunting ground and seems to be taking tits or other small birds at its pleasure.

Today it actually landed on the ground and was hunting birds which had taken refuge under the garden shed.

It is delightful to see the bird but I do feel that taking small brids from round their feeding table will discourage them and chase them off.

So, what can/should I do to discourage it which does not chase off the other feathered kinds? Ideas welcome, svp.

[Yonner]

You could try putting out raw meat scraps in a a different area. Beware of attracting rodents of course - top of a post maybe? - but it works for friends of mine, and attracts kites and buzzards too.

[woolybanana]

good idea, Yonner. Could put an anti rodent collar on the post as a ship. Will try that.

Are you sure it won't attract witches?

[Patf]

Lucky you, Wooly, to have a kestrel in your garden.

We had a family of them once in a tree opposite the balcony,  but sadly their nest was blown down in a storm, and they all disappeared.

[woolybanana]

loads of 'rapace' round here, feeding on the wide open spaces on the high hill top farm land and nesting in the many forests and woods.