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I too do not put out food as I am concerned about attracting the wrong type of wildlife. Does anyone have any advice? I try to encourage wildlife through the plants I grow and not having all the garden totally organised.
If its rats and mice you are talking about...and I speak from long experience, the only way to discourage them is to control the food supply and, to an extent the shelter. I used to be quite a relaxed and wildlife friendly gardener until rats and mice colonised my compost bins and rats took up residence in the garage. Tipping point was when they didn't even hide when I went in there and I found half a dead snake and a cooked lobster head behind the freezer. I didn't put down poison or set traps but I did remove all access to food (stopped bird feeding temporarily), beat round and disturbed all the overgrown corners of my garden, and cleared garage and shed. I can now feed birds again (near the house, little and often, no food left out overnight) and I see birds and hedgehogs and the very occasional grass snake. Plenty of mini beasts too. I don't have compost bins and won't ever again but I still have my overgrown areas and heaps of dead leaves.