05-05-2018, 08:05 PM
They are definitely feral pigeons Andy, there are about 9 or 10 of them around at the moment, not all at once and not all have been named, only George and Mildred, apart from one who has a gammy leg which it can only gingerly put it down on the ground, he is obviously called Hoppy. They are all fairly easy to identify as they tend to have unique markings and colours.
We have seen an interloper pigeon pop into the bird table roof and help itself to a few sticks whilst Mildred was sitting on the nest.
There are a few Collared Doves around, they are smaller and tend to be a single pale colour more or less all over with a dark band around the neck like a collar. They also fly into windows, but so far they have escaped with just a bit of a headache. They attempted to nest in our fir tree, but I think the Magpies changed their mind.
We have a couple of wood pigeons around as well, they seem to be the noisiest with their incessant coo coo, coo, coo coo, it really booms down the chimney into the living room.
The newts I rescued from the tiny pond seem happy in the larger one now all the fish have gone, We saw a couple of them wandering around in the water today. I am going to give it a week or so and empty the tiny pond to check if there is any thing else living in it, then remove the dam which holds the water in, its leaking now anyway.
We have seen an interloper pigeon pop into the bird table roof and help itself to a few sticks whilst Mildred was sitting on the nest.
There are a few Collared Doves around, they are smaller and tend to be a single pale colour more or less all over with a dark band around the neck like a collar. They also fly into windows, but so far they have escaped with just a bit of a headache. They attempted to nest in our fir tree, but I think the Magpies changed their mind.
We have a couple of wood pigeons around as well, they seem to be the noisiest with their incessant coo coo, coo, coo coo, it really booms down the chimney into the living room.
The newts I rescued from the tiny pond seem happy in the larger one now all the fish have gone, We saw a couple of them wandering around in the water today. I am going to give it a week or so and empty the tiny pond to check if there is any thing else living in it, then remove the dam which holds the water in, its leaking now anyway.
