John Bellew asked 15 years ago
For the last two years we had a reasonable crop of apples which were maturing nicely but in the last two Septembers they have completely disappeared would magpies or buzzards have stolen them as we have a lot of both around the area, any clues
1 Answers
Gerry Daly Staff answered 6 years ago
Human thieves can make apples disappear, but they always leave the fallen apples on the ground and they never bother with the whole lot.
But foxes not only take the apples off the tree but they take all the fallen ones too. They actually scramble up into the trees and shake the branches to dislodge the apples. You will likely find scratch marks from their feet on the tree bark.
