I did another mend to the pond beach and found a young pond snail under the loose plastic piece. So it’s good to know that the eggs survived. I re-taped the pecked holes and then covered the whole area with a piece of plastic completely covered with UHU. Then of course I discovered that the UHU washed off my fingers with some water and rubbing, so all I can do is wait and see how effective this will be.

I’ve had a little look at deterrents to keep the crows away, but there isn’t really anything that wouldn’t keep the little birds away too. Perhaps some horizontal strings to make it difficult for them to stand there, but that would be difficult to establish. Unless it was free-standing … and then they’d probably throw it into the pond.