This is not a real snake.......

["Charmian Lawson" <>]

Thanks Philip. I had actually (before going down the rubber snake path) tried tying a plastic bag round the rear vision mirror. I thought that the sound and sight of the bag blowing in the breeze would be a deterrent. It was, briefly, but soon I just had a dirty plastic bag to deal with as well. The bag would have blocked out the image of the bird so am not sure that the rag or old sock you have mentioned would work. It may be worth a try though.

 

Does anyone else have any suggestions as to how to stop the behaviour? It becomes a little tiresome having to allow time to clean the car every time before going out! I had thought of trying to attach cable ties to the mirror while the car was in the drive but am not sure that this would be feasible, or more importantly whether it would hurt the birds as they are quite delicate in comparison with magpies against whom the ties do seem to work for cyclists......

 

Charmian