otherwayup Posted October 13, 2010 Report Share Posted October 13, 2010 Evening all, I crowned three Pigeons tonight. One of them (a small one) had a crop full of shot sized, dark claret coloured seeds of some kind and another had a crop full of bright red, peanut sized/shaped berries. Can someone please tell me what plant each of these are probably from, etc? Please excuse my newbie's ignorance, and thanks. Darren Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cookiemonsterandmerlin. Posted October 13, 2010 Report Share Posted October 13, 2010 Evening all, I crowned three Pigeons tonight. One of them (a small one) had a crop full of shot sized, dark claret coloured seeds of some kind and another had a crop full of bright red, peanut sized/shaped berries. Can someone please tell me what plant each of these are probably from, etc? Please excuse my newbie's ignorance, and thanks. Darren Red ones hawthorn berries Claret colour elderberriers Cheers OTH Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
manxman2 Posted October 13, 2010 Report Share Posted October 13, 2010 (edited) definately hawthorne. the claret ones i cant quite put my finger on. i can picture them, naming tho escapes me for the momment. any kind of pea seeds aroumd ??. Edited October 13, 2010 by manxman2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
manxman2 Posted October 13, 2010 Report Share Posted October 13, 2010 (edited) talking peas. i caught a rainbow trout in a dam, only a little shallow dam Eairy Dam foxdale {google earth is your friend} anyway i gutted it. it had half a dozen green peas in it, where do you think the peas come from, i worked it out on the way home. Edited October 13, 2010 by manxman2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
yickdaz Posted October 13, 2010 Report Share Posted October 13, 2010 the only shot sized seed i can think of is rape seed and weed seed could be one of them because only this morning i saw pigeons decending onto a field at the side of the M56 and i was stopped in traffic so had a good look at the field and it turned out to be a turned in rape stubble;i know this because it was a field of winter rape last year and there was some rape stalks still sticking out of the ground remmanats of summer harvest and autumn plough . but it could be something else;just my theory Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
proTOM1 Posted October 13, 2010 Report Share Posted October 13, 2010 the only shot sized seed i can think of is rape seed and weed seed could be one of them because only this morning i saw pigeons decending onto a field at the side of the M56 and i was stopped in traffic so had a good look at the field and it turned out to be a turned in rape stubble;i know this because it was a field of winter rape last year and there was some rape stalks still sticking out of the ground remmanats of summer harvest and autumn plough . but it could be something else;just my theory Im with you rape seed ,shot a few today stuffed with very muddy rape seed Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
manxman2 Posted October 13, 2010 Report Share Posted October 13, 2010 OTH is probaly right with elder, i just woulfnt know an elderberry from an orange, do pigeons eat gorse seed. and when did a pidgeon become pigeon. yanks and their spelling. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cookiemonsterandmerlin. Posted October 13, 2010 Report Share Posted October 13, 2010 (edited) I maybe not right with elderberry are you sure its a hard seed type or soft ,I woundt call rape seed claret colour black yes claret no. Or it could BE one of the many weed seeds charlock is very simlary to rape seed but rarely gets to seed stage. Kind regards OTH Edited October 13, 2010 by Over the hill Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dave 101 Posted October 13, 2010 Report Share Posted October 13, 2010 The pigeons in my garden seem to pick the whole clump of elderberry off then eat it on the floor . Dave Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
otherwayup Posted October 13, 2010 Author Report Share Posted October 13, 2010 the only shot sized seed i can think of is rape seed ... I thought they looked like rapeseed, but the dark claret colour and the fact the harvesting was a while ago made me think they may be something else. I guess the colour could have come from something else in the crop, I wasn't giving it a full forensic (had just eaten myself). Cheers. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
otherwayup Posted October 13, 2010 Author Report Share Posted October 13, 2010 I maybe not right with elderberry are you sure its a hard seed type ... Yep, hard seed. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
manxman2 Posted October 13, 2010 Report Share Posted October 13, 2010 i know the seeds i could picture but not name before in that previous post were sweetpea seed, out of the little black pods, where a woody would find them i cant imagine. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
manxman2 Posted October 13, 2010 Report Share Posted October 13, 2010 (edited) talking peas. i caught a rainbow trout in a dam, only a little shallow dam Eairy Dam foxdale {google earth is your friend} anyway i gutted it. it had half a dozen green peas in it, where do you think the peas come from, i worked it out on the way home. And this was ducks eating all night, and then the peas going str8 thru them and into the dam when spending the daylight on the water.. i saw the ducks landing in them on the way home. Edited October 13, 2010 by manxman2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ditchman Posted October 14, 2010 Report Share Posted October 14, 2010 when i set up the hide and magnet in Trafalger Square last week, i checked the crops that evening and they were full of diced carrot and beanshoots.......................Hmmmm Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dr D Posted October 14, 2010 Report Share Posted October 14, 2010 (edited) In my area they are all in the woods eating beechmast. the few I have shot outside of the woods are on Haws. Edited October 14, 2010 by Dr D Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
manxman2 Posted October 14, 2010 Report Share Posted October 14, 2010 when i set up the hide and magnet in Trafalger Square last week, i checked the crops that evening and they were full of diced carrot and beanshoots.......................Hmmmm !! Thats quote is just sick !! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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