birds flying into window

Lynfo

Hi all, I have a bird table in the back garden which constantly attracts birds, mainly finches, bluetits and the occasional robin.
The problem is, on a number of occasions I've come home from work to find a dead bird beside the door - glass sliding doors to the garden. They have obviously not seen the glass and flown straight into them.
There was one time when I was there when it happened, and apart from giving me the fright of my life, the little bird didn't die, and I was able to slowly nurse it back to health, so that it flew off by the end of the day.
Anyway, has anybody got any suggestions on how I can stop this happening?
Are there any kind of window decorations or something that I can buy to deter the birds?
Any help would be appreciated.

biko

You can use tape to make patterns on the door.
Or hang decorations, windchimes etc on the outside.
You can also have a drapery behind it that you close when not at home. It'll then look like a wall.

amerden

I concur with "biko", I have a bird table close to our kitchen window and had the same problem until I put up some wind chimes, it now only happens very occasionally and then only when our resident Sparrow Hawk approaches from a certain direction.

boneless

I had this problem too. I finally put curtains on the door which stopped the mirror effect. The odd pigeon still whacks into it but they always appear unhurt.

ytpe2r5bxkn0c1

There are silhouettes of sparrowhawks, owls etc available which can be placed on windows or glass doors, just for this purpose. A google should find a supplier.

jmkennedyie

Nyla Polite Sedation wrote:

There are silhouettes of sparrowhawks, owls etc available which can be placed on windows or glass doors, just for this purpose. A google should find a supplier.

Birdwatch Ireland sell them on line if you want to give them a try:
http://shop.birdwatchireland.ie/birdwatchireland/product_info.php?cPath=25_30&products_id=114

TBH I imagine that hawk silhouettes would frighten away or at least disturb visiting birds. You can also get silhouettes of ordinary birds, and I'd say as biko said that any pattern that breaks up the reflection should be enough to give the birds the message.

Lynfo

Thanks guys, appreciate the help. I've invested in some silhouettes for the glass doors & a windchime which i'll be putting u today.

King.Penguin

Good to hear. Any kind of stickers on the windows/doors should deter birds from crashing into them. As well as children running through them unaware.