wildlife

That's a shame Joysie but people do put up little windmills & things like old cds on string to keep birds off their veggies etc. so I suppose they will frighten most away. Maybe if you put some bird feeders up well away from the pond the other birds might get used to it & come back?

Joysie, I hope you have trees or a hedge for the birds. They won't feed out in the open as they would be too nervous. The bird feeder should then be placed close to the trees, large shrubs or hedge. You would be surprised at the amount of birds which would be attracted.

I have two big shallow plastic green saucers i keep water in for the birds to bathe in they have gone brown at the sides i do brush them out each day also my bird bath goes brown as well i used patio cleaner before for the bird bath as its concrete then i put the water butt lid on it till it goes clean then rince it well can i use this to clean the saucers any advice welcomed