On Tue, 10 Jun 2014 17:30:43 +0100, Bill wrote:

In message , MM
writes
for three years now I've had had an abundant crop or really sweet,
plump cherries. Biggest problem is keeping the ruddy blackbirds off
them.

Yes. I have a large tree just outside my window here and every year we
see a huge crop ripening, then they are gone.
The neighbour complains about the constant, loud fluttering noises as
the crop disappears, and then about what drops all over his car.

Any advice gratefully received. It's a full sized tree, with masses of
green cherries level with the bedroom windows at the moment.

I've tried tying old CD-ROMs to the tree. Also tried toy windmills I
saw in Lidl. You stick 'em in the ground close to the tree. Might have
frightened some of the bird maruders off. But I get so many cherries
from a relatively small tree that there are enough for me and some
left over for the neighbours. It's just annoying, though, to discover
a perfect specimen under a leaf, then find it's been attacked by a
bird or a wasp.

MM