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joyce mannelljoyce mannell Posts: 160
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A heron eat all my goldfish last year i bought some more but i have a ugly wooden fence trellis and plastic netting over the pond

I was given some fishing line and bamboo canes what is the best way of using them as i need to have a clearence to get the pond pump out 

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  • sotongeoffsotongeoff Posts: 9,802

    I would not be happy with using fishing line-a hazard to anything that gets caught up in it

    What is wrong with pond netting?image

  • joyce mannelljoyce mannell Posts: 160

    I asked my son to make a wooden  frame with netting on top which i thought would be easier he suggested the fishing wire what wil get caught up in it  ??

    i have solar lights and windmills round the pond   

  • sotongeoffsotongeoff Posts: 9,802

    A small bird may not see it-the heron know no better--there were postings on here about birds being caught up in netting spread over fruit bushes= a fishing line pulled taught over a pond-supposedly that is the idea??- sound like a hazard to me

     

  • DovefromaboveDovefromabove Posts: 82,782

    The idea is that you erect a length of fishing line around the pond as explained here http://www.tetra-fish.com/sites/TetraFish/pond/PondContent.aspx?id=522 

    Herons don't land in the ponds, they land nearby and walk towards the pond - the 'fence' deters them and I know people who find it works well - however it doesn't look terribly attractive.  

     

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  • chilli loverchilli lover Posts: 290

    There are various tips available if you do a search

    http://www.fbas.co.uk/Herons.html

    Plus keep a dog in the garden!

  • joyce mannelljoyce mannell Posts: 160

    Thank you all for your advice the tetra info was very imformative  i will put more plants round the edge which will look better and all the solar lights will help to keep anything off

     

     

  • clogherheadclogherhead Posts: 506
    If you buy a plastic replica of a Heron and place it near the pond. This will detare other birds

    Derek
  • joyce mannelljoyce mannell Posts: 160

    clogherhead

    No i read that  they encourage others  

  • kerrikerri Posts: 20

    with regards to the plastic heron it deters them as they dont really ''fish '' where another heron is standing ,good luck

  • clogherheadclogherhead Posts: 506
    Try lt before you put in expencive fish.as was said before herons are lone birds

    derek
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