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[raywilb]

I have filled a couple of bird feeders with seed & fat balls. have attracted sparrows, blue tits & a robin. two days ago a sparrow hawk was perched near to where the seed is. it hung around for two days, & when I approached it never seemed unduly bothered.  let me get within 2 yards. outcome is no sparrows or other species to be seen.

[Varche]

Clever thing nature. Britain isn't overun with sparrow hawks. True they come and cull the small bird population but they don't take them all. They will be back and the hawk moves on elsewhere.

[BazaJT]

I have a bird feeder in my garden which I keep up with as it was Maureens "thing" all mine seems to attract is pigeons

[raywilb]

I have a bird feeder in my garden which I keep up with as it was Maureens "thing" all mine seems to attract is pigeons

  those congregated on the ground picking up scraps

[Field Marshal Dr. Opti]

One word.

Magpies.

[STEMO]

We eat pigeons in Barnsley, and sparrows, and magpies. Anything that can go in a pie. 

[BazaJT]

Not be the first time I've had pigeon pie either.Possibly it's because I come from Swinton about 10 miles from Barnsley

[Varche]

Not be the first time I've had pigeon pie either.Possibly it's because I come from Swinton about 10 miles from Barnsley

Fantastic meal  so long as it doesn't have lead shot in it. far tastier than chicken.

[raywilb]

Not be the first time I've had pigeon pie either.Possibly it's because I come from Swinton about 10 miles from Barnsley

Fantastic meal  so long as it doesn't have lead shot in it. far tastier than chicken.

I did get a odd fox & loads of hedgehogs in my garden. not anymore since buying a jack Russell. I stop him if I can but even when a h/hog goes into a tight ball he,ll still shake them. 

[Field Marshal Dr. Opti]

We eat pigeons in Barnsley, and sparrows, and magpies. Anything that can go in a pie. 

Four and twenty blackbirds make a tasty pie.

[05omegav6]

We eat pigeons in Barnsley, and sparrows, and magpies. Anything that can go in a pie. 

Four and twenty blackbirds make a tasty pie.

Noisy though...

[STEMO]

We eat pigeons in Barnsley, and sparrows, and magpies. Anything that can go in a pie. 

Four and twenty blackbirds make a tasty pie.

Family sized too.......or one big fat bastard, I suppose. 

[Nick W]

We eat pigeons in Barnsley, and sparrows, and magpies. Anything that can go in a pie. 

Four and twenty blackbirds make a tasty pie.

Noisy though...

If they're still noisy in the pie your recipe needs improving!

[05omegav6]

 

[Migv6 le Frog Fan]

Ive learned a lesson from feeding birds in the garden. Make sure the food is always as high up as possible, if you must feed them. Otherwise you may well get rats on your property, and once you've got them they are sods to get rid off.
I had them living under my shed for a year and finally got rid of them about a year ago. It cost a lot of time. effort and money to do so.
I caught and drowned quite a few (including one that had a body a foot long) but they were breeding faster than I could catch them.
In the end I had to dig a trench - 16 inches deep and wide - around the shed. Attach strong wire mesh to the shed and then run it into and across the trench before filling it all in again.
Apparently they hate metal on their teeth, so that seems to have stopped the little bastids.