Mmmmm custard and peaches - where did you say you lived again hehehe - I am coming round for dinner!
I have what we think is a nectarine or a peach tree in our garden, the fruit are not quite big enough for me to be able to clearly identify what it is, I will add a picture and lets see if they are the same trees.
I have raspberries and strawberries growing and I have netted these. The birds are on the war path for my strawberries at the moment so they are going to be the next to netted.
You could always try some forms of scarecrows like CDs hanging from the branches, birds don't like anything new, trouble is it doesn't take long for them to become used to your scarecrow and then you would need to change for something else. Plastic bags on the branches might create enough fright, either that or get a bird trained cat

LOL