kitchrat

Many thanks for this Cat, I'm still feeling my way around this forum! I don't know about your area but here the small improvement in numbers when we had the frost has melted away!! Cheers and think SNOW!!

Cat, as a fellow 'ertfordshire ,edgehog" I have to disagree with this "Established Wisdom" that pigeons have to feed each day. When it's warm like it is now, if they fluff up a bit and don't fly much, the odd mouthful of berries or rape will do them just fine. I've shot a few (very few compared to last year) and NOT ONE has had a crop FULL of anything, just snacks. We DO need it to get cold, then the need for fuel will increase, just like us OAPs!! THINK SNOW!!

Saw a flock like that round here 10 days ago but it was here today gone tomorrow - big zero now, didn't even take the 1st shot to send them off!