ChrisKten
It's true, I quite like Pigeons
Thought these might interest some of you. I allow everything except Cats and people into my garden... I kill nothing, including Slugs and Mice - the garden is just a muddy swamp with a couple of trees, but there's life under every leaf and stone.
I don't allow any Cats in my garden during the day, but can do nothing about the night, and over the years the Mice seem to have learned from this. Rather than forage for food at night when the Cats are around, they explore during the day (Obviously not he same Mice, but they learn from their parents ). Now that wasn't a good idea when Fred, a male Sparrowhawk, visited for nearly 7 years, as he preferred Mice to Birds - I've not seen him this year (7 is a good age for a wild Sparrowhawk, especially a male, so he might be dead), so the Mice are safe for now.
The first pic shows one in the open - second pic shows one running to get beneath the fence with a Monkey Nut - the third pic shows how they quickly get used to the Pigeons. When the Crows and Magpies visit, the Mice are easy prey until they learn, but only the Jays have been around regularly this year, and they mostly ignore the Mice.
All pics are grab shots through the double glazing - I could open the door to take pics, but either the Pigeons would walk in or one of the Mice... either way my Wife would scream and/or moan at me... so I don't open the door for pics
I don't allow any Cats in my garden during the day, but can do nothing about the night, and over the years the Mice seem to have learned from this. Rather than forage for food at night when the Cats are around, they explore during the day (Obviously not he same Mice, but they learn from their parents ). Now that wasn't a good idea when Fred, a male Sparrowhawk, visited for nearly 7 years, as he preferred Mice to Birds - I've not seen him this year (7 is a good age for a wild Sparrowhawk, especially a male, so he might be dead), so the Mice are safe for now.
The first pic shows one in the open - second pic shows one running to get beneath the fence with a Monkey Nut - the third pic shows how they quickly get used to the Pigeons. When the Crows and Magpies visit, the Mice are easy prey until they learn, but only the Jays have been around regularly this year, and they mostly ignore the Mice.
All pics are grab shots through the double glazing - I could open the door to take pics, but either the Pigeons would walk in or one of the Mice... either way my Wife would scream and/or moan at me... so I don't open the door for pics