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Every day at 12 oclock I take out the food to put on the bird feeder. The pigeons, always being very punctual, form a very orderly queue in true British style on the roof of my shed and take it in turns to partake of the feast. (Other birds do get a look in eventually) . However, today, not one single bird has come anywhere near. The sky is silent. What do they know that I don't. Any ideas?

You are welcome to mine!  Tthey are pests (assuming you are talking about feral pigeons).  We have occasionally wood pigeons, but once the feral ones arrived the wood pigeons disappeared.

I feed tits, finches, robins, great spotted woodpecker and other birds from time to time when they appear.  I used squirel proof feeders.  

1 hour ago, Mabaker said:

Every day at 12 oclock I take out the food to put on the bird feeder. The pigeons, always being very punctual, form a very orderly queue in true British style on the roof of my shed and take it in turns to partake of the feast. (Other birds do get a look in eventually) . However, today, not one single bird has come anywhere near. The sky is silent. What do they know that I don't. Any ideas?

Any cats about?

Well, they're back today. Something must have spooked them yesterday. And yes, like Angelina, my pigeons are also well turned out. They all wear the same uniform. I think they may be stock doves. As well as Mr and Mrs Woodpigeon I also get the collared doves.

I really like the proper wood pigeons that visit our garden every day - plump and healthy with attractive foliage. But i dislike the flocks of feral pigeons that hang around St Francis Park on DKH.  

They are fed bread scraps by some well-intended lady but the result is hundreds of them perch on the benches  and crap there so that no one can ever sit on them.


This lady really should desist and think more about the amenity for the local residents.

Some may be wood pigeons. They are larger and grey and COO which common pigeons do not. Other pigeons may have mated with gulls and  get different and more colourful bodies. There are always loads of pigeons in Peckham Rye Park by the lake, and masses in the park by Dog Kennel Hill sainsburies

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