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Pigeon in the cherry tree

JoeXJoeX Posts: 1,783
in Wildlife gardening
Morning all,

Im working and wondering what a wood pigeon is eating off my cherry tree - its still in blossom so it cant be cherries!  

It looks like its pecking the leaves, and it has nothing in its mouth like it was nesting...could it be insects?

Cheers

TP


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  • JennyJJennyJ Posts: 10,576
    More likely the leaf/flower buds :/
    Doncaster, South Yorkshire. Soil type: sandy, well-drained
  • GartenerGartener Posts: 99
    Woodpigeons are a pest. 
  • DovefromaboveDovefromabove Posts: 88,147
    It’s eating the blossom and young leaves ... at my last job my desk looked out onto a garden with cherry trees ... during long phone calls at this time of year I watched the pigeons eating the cherry leaves. 

    Gardening in Central Norfolk on improved gritty moraine over chalk ... free-draining.





  • JoeXJoeX Posts: 1,783
    Okay, I wasn’t seeing things then - cheers.   We have two (I think) that return each year.  They have a bit of an argy bargy with the magpies sometimes but I don’t think of them as pests, quite nice in their way.
  • FairygirlFairygirl Posts: 55,117
    I'm quite fond of mine. One lonely old b*gger's quite tame. 
    They sh*t all over my car, and bumble around in the conifer, but I can live with that. 

    They taste good too...
    It's a place where beautiful isn't enough of a word....



    I live in west central Scotland - not where that photo is...
  • dappledshadedappledshade Posts: 1,017
    😁 @Fairygirl
  • dappledshadedappledshade Posts: 1,017
    edited April 2020
    Yep, I’ve noticed the wood pigeon couple we have over here, tearing bits off next door’s philadelphus. I wondered what it was doing...
    The magpies are worse -they’re string enough to rip entire small branches offer nesting.
  • tui34tui34 Posts: 3,493
    Maybe ask Yvonne1969 to bring the cat over!  Kill "2 birds" with one stone (or cat)!!

    A good hoeing is worth two waterings.

  • JennyJJennyJ Posts: 10,576
    Sometime last year there were some pigeons making a racket outside and my OH, joking, told our elderly, indoor cat to hire a "hit cat" to get them. A few days later we found a dead pigeon in the garden, with a wound that looked like a cat (or maybe dog or fox) had had a go at it :o .
    Doncaster, South Yorkshire. Soil type: sandy, well-drained
  • M33R4M33R4 Posts: 291
    Glad I found this post as I was also wondering why the pigeons have taken to the ornamental flowering tree in full bloom.
    I wish I could garden all year round!
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