{"id":68774,"date":"2017-10-11T17:30:09","date_gmt":"2017-10-11T10:30:09","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.siamlandbank.com\/propertynews\/property-news\/how-stop-jackdaws-ruin-russet-crop-notes-and-queries\/"},"modified":"2017-10-11T18:03:07","modified_gmt":"2017-10-11T11:03:07","slug":"how-stop-jackdaws-ruin-russet-crop-notes-and-queries","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.siamlandbank.com\/propertynews\/property-news\/how-stop-jackdaws-ruin-russet-crop-notes-and-queries\/","title":{"rendered":"How stop jackdaws ruin russet crop | Notes and queries"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>&#013;<br \/>\nThe long-running series in which readers answer other readers\u2019 questions on subjects ranging from trivial flights of fancy to profound scientific conceptsThis year we have had a big problem with jackdaws spoiling our apples: they have taken a peck from so much of our fruit that it has ruined a good crop of russets. We never used to have jackdaws round here, but they moved in a few years ago and are now a serious pest \u2013 they rival the magpies. Does anyone know why jackdaws arrived here, or if there\u2019s anything we can do to prevent them ruining our apples in the future?Jill Bennett, St Albans, Herts Continue reading&#8230;&#013;<br \/>\n&#013;<br \/>\nSource : theguardian.com&#013;<br \/>\nRead more&#8230;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/environment\/2017\/oct\/11\/how-stop-jackdaws-ruin-russets\" target=\"_blank\">How stop jackdaws ruin russet crop | Notes and queries<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&#013; The long-running series in which readers answer other readers\u2019 questions on subjects ranging from trivial&#46;&#46;&#46;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"false","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"spay_email":"","footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_is_tweetstorm":false,"jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-68774","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-property-news"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p75ss1-hTg","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":122300,"url":"https:\/\/www.siamlandbank.com\/propertynews\/property-news\/britains-10-most-glorious-autumn-gardens-as-chosen-by-readers\/","url_meta":{"origin":68774,"position":0},"title":"Britain\u2019s 10 most glorious autumn gardens, as chosen by readers","date":"September 30, 2021","format":false,"excerpt":"\r Ancient oaks, faerie trails, abbey parks and deer feature in our readers\u2019 favourite places to watch the vivid autumn coloursFor a feast of autumn colour visit Calderstones Park, in south Liverpool. 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