On 25 Jun 2010, at 22:29, Neil Arlidge wrote: > Bruce Napier wrote: >> On 25 Jun 2010, at 18:14, rb999sb wrote: >> >>>> I dunno, anyone got any carrier pigeons? >>>> >>>> George "Bungle" Eycott >>>> >>> If Bruce hadn't changed his email address I could have sent him a >>> selection! >> >> >> Hmmm... pigeon pie, could be tasty! > > You are welcome to them, we are infested with Wood Pigeons, here in Bosnia > Gardens. A pair of the stupid things are trying to incubate 3 eggs balanced > on about 5 sticks in out Pyrocantha bush (tree). Every so often the equally > annoying foxes does an early morning "explodopigeon" on our rear lawn, but > the pigeons keep coming back. During the winter we had 30+ of the daft > things eating some grain we put out.
Don't put grain out next winter?? > Neil Arlidge > from the Bosnia Gardens Bird sanctuary We are also running an informal wildlife sanctuary chez Juniper. Last night a badger ran into the garage and secreted itself behind the piles of junk at the back end. I left the door open until bed time, thinking it had vamooshed, but the considerable disorder visible on opening up this morning reveals this to have been a false assumption. I expect we have contravened the Wildlife & Countryside Act in some way, but the door is definitely staying open tonight. Baz
