Hi All
I just noticed my rain graph and it has been registering a constant rainfall since midday but it stopped raining at 16:00,
at first I thought I had a malfunction with the transmitter then I checked the total rain so far and compared it with my
manual rain gauge; there was 5mm in that and about 4mm from the station.
It was then that I thought it could be blocked and just seeping through, I was right; a blackbird had used my newley modified rain gauge as a toilet!
I think I may have to attach some spikes to stop them percing on the rim of the funnel.
Any one else had this problem?
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Rain Gauge Blockage
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Re: Rain Gauge Blockage
Sorry, but I had to laugh when I read that
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Re: Rain Gauge Blockage
Not a blockage problem, but Butcher Birds often "make use" of my Davis rain gauge... More of a problem is the spiders that keep producing webs in and outside it, sometimes enough to stop the buckets tipping when I get a light sprinkle of rain. These days I try to clean the webs out every week or 2.
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Re: Rain Gauge Blockage
Duct tape a few knitting needles to the body of the gauge
I solved the spider problem by glueing some pieces of mesh taken off an old flour sieve onto the "outlet" holes on the bottom of the gauge.
I solved the spider problem by glueing some pieces of mesh taken off an old flour sieve onto the "outlet" holes on the bottom of the gauge.
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Re: Rain Gauge Blockage
On things like cherry trees and ground plants like strawberries an effective deterrent is running monofilament(fishing line) over the bush or tree. I use it as well.
Good article here.
http://animalrangeextension.montana.edu ... lament.htm
Good article here.
http://animalrangeextension.montana.edu ... lament.htm
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Strangely in the two years that I have had the WS, I have not had any spiders taking up residence; maybe that blackbird has been eating them
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Re: Rain Gauge Blockage
Off topic - I have found fishing line also stops the Herons stealing fish from my pond.wd40 wrote:On things like cherry trees and ground plants like strawberries an effective deterrent is running monofilament(fishing line) over the bush or tree. I use it as well.
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Re: Rain Gauge Blockage
It is amazing what one can learn on this site.
My OS rain guage lived about 3 years without a spider problem - it came with a screen over the drain holes.
Question about the 'spikes' solution: do the birds hover over the rain gauge, or do they usually just perch and squat?
Seriously, I had the same problem with my hot tub lid. A big plastic owl seems to have done the trick nicely. Rubber snakes also make a good deterrent.
My OS rain guage lived about 3 years without a spider problem - it came with a screen over the drain holes.
Question about the 'spikes' solution: do the birds hover over the rain gauge, or do they usually just perch and squat?
Seriously, I had the same problem with my hot tub lid. A big plastic owl seems to have done the trick nicely. Rubber snakes also make a good deterrent.