Keeping birds off a newly seeded field

[ChrisJackson52]

Having recently discovered that my horse is allergic to rye grass ,amongst many other things, we have reseeded one of our paddocks with non- rye grass. Its coming uppat because the birds are eating most of the seed.
There seem to be lots of ideas out there for stopping this but has anyone had experience of what really works?

 

[MidChristmasCrisis]

A scarecrow or person with a gun.

 

[cremedemonthe]

You could try this

https://www.facebook.com/video.php?v=10158393434582547

 

[L&M]

You could try this

https://www.facebook.com/video.php?v=10158393434582547

Scare a crow? It would sure scare the heck out of me.......!!!!!

 

[zoe352]

gas gun / crow scare

or
use them to your advantage
get a Copple of shooters around for a day

 

[Keith_Beef]

For the past few years farmers over here have been using kites that supposedly mimic birds of prey. The kite is tethered to a post in the middle of the field.

Try this google search.

 

[Lois Lame]

You could try this

https://www.facebook.com/video.php?v=10158393434582547

Gad. That is eerie.

Even before it goes psycho.

 

[Ownedby4horses]

The farmers use similar to these over here: https://www.birdcontrol.net/hawk-kite-bird-scarers

Theres similar ones for sale in the uk on eBay and Amazon I’m sure.

 

[cremedemonthe]

Scare a crow? It would sure scare the heck out of me.......!!!!!

yes, imagine seeing that in the half light!

 

[Keith_Beef]

You could try this

https://www.facebook.com/video.php?v=10158393434582547

For some strange reason, I can't see links to Fesse-Bouc.

 

[PurBee]

I had the same issue a few years back - depending on the bird species...mainly sparrows, some crows, magpies....i ended up putting around 40 6foot gardening canes spaced evenly throughout the field and used ripped apart to be long, white swing bin liners, attached to the top of the canes with an elastic band. Theyd waft in the wind...make a slight noise...it helped.
Also, do you have an adjoining grass area to graze horses in?....as their presence will scare many birds, judging by my horses entrance into the fiellds and the scattering of birds.

You’ll find birds going for seed during very early hours of the morning light, or dusk times....so companion graze close by during those times if possible.

Also i scattered about 20kg per acre to allow for inevitable bird robbery! But i also wanted a very thick sward..

 

[ChrisJackson52]

Thanks for this. Yes I've just moved my 2into the adjoining paddock and there are fewer birds. Will try your idea though .
Thanks