I too have a pair of woodpigeon in my garden. I dont grow veg and they dont seem to do any damage. The only thing I dont like is the mess they leave. We had more of a problem when we had an ariel on the roof. They used to roost on it and the cellar window underneath was a health hazard. Since Ive removed the ariel they tend to sit on the garden arch. I just have to hose the path down occasionally. If you get rid of them others will just take their place. They are annoying and I feel sorry for those who grow food only to see it destroyed.
I net my vulnerable plants using canes and blue tubing from builders' merchants. The system works well and is easily moved for crop rotation. I got the idea from a Pippa Greenwood article in GW a few years ago but I think it may have been a Geoffrey Hamilton idea originally. However, I was late in using it for my very thorny gooseberries this year and the pigeons had the lot overnight!
I have a very small garden and have worked hard to encourage birds. However, I am now getting nothing in the garden except these wood pigeons . They are driving me mad as I have tried different things to stop them feeding with no success. At the moment I haven't put bird food out for about two weeks and they still hang around!!! Any ideas?
A couple of people on the allotment have kites which look like birds of prey they hang from long poles and fly up in quite light winds they look very effective but there are still wood pigeons on other plots.
Shoot them, stupid, dirty, noisy beggars who do nothing but flop about fornicating. One idiot built a nest in my monkey puzzle tree, sat on it on and off for a morning then left for somewhere more comfortable.
I might try barry's idea. They're a b***y nuisance. They've been chomping all the foliage of my nasturtiums which were just getting underway on my back fence 'window box'
It's a place where beautiful isn't enough of a word....
I live in west central Scotland - not where that photo is...
They love my currents amongst other things and have given me the most annoying funny memory of the summer. After chasing them off the currents umpteen times creeping up and shouting bang over a few weeks or sometimes hose pipe in hand .
I went out one evening crept up behind one and shouted bang (as I do)the pigeon fell off the bush and proceeded to waddle, like an overweight duck, up the garden path with me in hot pursuit it struggled to flap onto the fence. the monster sized pigeon was so stuffed with pink currents it could barely fly.
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I too have a pair of woodpigeon in my garden. I dont grow veg and they dont seem to do any damage. The only thing I dont like is the mess they leave. We had more of a problem when we had an ariel on the roof. They used to roost on it and the cellar window underneath was a health hazard. Since Ive removed the ariel they tend to sit on the garden arch. I just have to hose the path down occasionally. If you get rid of them others will just take their place. They are annoying and I feel sorry for those who grow food only to see it destroyed.
I net my vulnerable plants using canes and blue tubing from builders' merchants. The system works well and is easily moved for crop rotation. I got the idea from a Pippa Greenwood article in GW a few years ago but I think it may have been a Geoffrey Hamilton idea originally. However, I was late in using it for my very thorny gooseberries this year and the pigeons had the lot overnight!
I have a very small garden and have worked hard to encourage birds. However, I am now getting nothing in the garden except these wood pigeons . They are driving me mad as I have tried different things to stop them feeding with no success. At the moment I haven't put bird food out for about two weeks and they still hang around!!! Any ideas?
A couple of people on the allotment have kites which look like birds of prey they hang from long poles and fly up in quite light winds they look very effective but there are still wood pigeons on other plots.
We've friends round for dinner tonight. Starter is seared pigeon breast on a bed of red cabbage with blackberry sauce. Just sayin'
Make it the main and have about 40 each
Billericay - Essex
Knowledge is knowing that a tomato is a fruit.
Wisdom is not putting it in a fruit salad.
Shoot them, stupid, dirty, noisy beggars who do nothing but flop about fornicating. One idiot built a nest in my monkey puzzle tree, sat on it on and off for a morning then left for somewhere more comfortable.
How much do air rifles cost?
I might try barry's idea. They're a b***y nuisance. They've been chomping all the foliage of my nasturtiums which were just getting underway on my back fence 'window box'
I live in west central Scotland - not where that photo is...
They love my currents amongst other things and have given me the most annoying funny memory of the summer. After chasing them off the currents umpteen times creeping up and shouting bang over a few weeks or sometimes hose pipe in hand .
I went out one evening crept up behind one and shouted bang (as I do)the pigeon fell off the bush and proceeded to waddle, like an overweight duck, up the garden path with me in hot pursuit it struggled to flap onto the fence. the monster sized pigeon was so stuffed with pink currents it could barely fly.
Why are they the only bird that is camouflaged for tarmac? They sit on the country roads and only try to fly away when the car is almost upon them.