Crocus damage...frost or pest?

Hi,
The heads of my crocus bulbs seem to be cut off and scattered flat on the soil, or is this frost damage? Are they not planted deep enough? They were planted a year or too ago, and this has happened all over the garden not just in this isolated spot. I first noticed it before Christmas. Over in Northern Ireland here we had a sharp spell or too of frost then.

 

I agree with John-I saw them doing it to a few of my daff bulbs. They give it a yank in the hope that a juicy eatable comes up with it-when it doesn`t they move on to the next and then the next.

 

Cheeky blighters they`re nowt else!

I caught them doing it to the shallots too, I had to use my wire fencing and netting to keep them out.

 

...Wee ******s.
Thanks everybody i hear black birds taste nice so that's two excuses to carry out a small scale cull.

 

We have several pairs of them in the garden and they trashed the lawn last autumn. I bet that's why I have very few crocus bulbs appearing now

 

It`s worse this year but I have been feeding them so enticing them in, plus some conifers have been disposed of so they are more visible to any fly-by bulb thieving

 

Well I've just been out now the ground has defrosted and there are precious few bulbs appearing.

I'm worried about my alliums as well, as I spent a lot of money on them. When should they start to appear?

 

Even if they leave the bulbs alone they often strip the flowers, sparrows in particular.:(

 

Blooming eck, this is what is happening to my daffs then - not a single daff in my back garden but I have seen the first inch or so that has come through broken off on the ground - I didn't know who was the culprit and thought it was slugs. The blighters have had every single one - they have left the tulips though - Grr, have a mind to get rid of that bird table, the cheeky blighters I feed them enough as it is!!
Funny though they have left my crocus - until they flower that is!!

 

What utter miseries John, take the lightbulbs with them aswell??


Consider yourself lucky with the tulips Ellie-the squirrels raided mine-I have a heck of a lot less coming up than I planted.