Stimo22 Posted June 29, 2016 Report Share Posted June 29, 2016 Hi All -- I have a real problem with pigeon digging in my front garden borders, they are making a terrible mess with earth everywhere. Today had one with a muddy patch up its front which I have never seen before. The border contains a mix of marigolds and petunias and is about 15 inch wide so I can not work out what they are digging for Can anyone offer advice, can not shoot then as to open Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JDog Posted June 29, 2016 Report Share Posted June 29, 2016 I have never known pigeons to dig or even scrape the ground. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ditchman Posted June 29, 2016 Report Share Posted June 29, 2016 what about a crossbow.....just shoot the one and empty its crop and see what they are feasting on...then get rid of the food souce... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fenboy Posted June 29, 2016 Report Share Posted June 29, 2016 what about a crossbow.....just shoot the one and empty its crop and see what they are feasting on...then get rid of the food souce... That would be illegal Ditchy As said I have never known a pigeon to dig for anything. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
la bala Posted June 29, 2016 Report Share Posted June 29, 2016 Sounds more like chickens Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mossy835 Posted June 29, 2016 Report Share Posted June 29, 2016 yep you cant shoot any thing alive with a cross bow, Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
oowee Posted June 29, 2016 Report Share Posted June 29, 2016 yep you cant shoot any thing alive with a cross bow, I thought you could kill pigeons by any humane method? I dont have a crossbow Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fenboy Posted June 29, 2016 Report Share Posted June 29, 2016 I thought you could kill pigeons by any humane method? I dont have a crossbow Err no , bow hunting is illegal here. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hamster Posted June 30, 2016 Report Share Posted June 30, 2016 Agreed it is unlikely to be woodies unless you mean common ones. I get almost everything in the garden at some point including the odd duck that thinks the standing water is a pond, twice had magpies kill slow worms, twice had hawks kill and eat doves, rats which I kill but don't eat but never seen digging by pigeon. Crows paid the price last year and squirrels scrape the drive border on the front but despite neighbours goading me into shooting those I still haven't. I'd say early morning squirrels although I have seen black birds move loads of chippings off boarders onto the grass. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TIGHTCHOKE Posted June 30, 2016 Report Share Posted June 30, 2016 An air rifle might provide an answer. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stimo22 Posted June 30, 2016 Author Report Share Posted June 30, 2016 I can assure everyone that these are woodpigeon and they are digging holes a couple of inches deep. I have seen them doing it and yesterday evening I saw one with a big brown muddy patch on its front. They are throwing soil all over the path and I am having to sweep up twice a day. I would not have believed it unless I had seen it myself Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
la bala Posted June 30, 2016 Report Share Posted June 30, 2016 I can assure everyone that these are woodpigeon and they are digging holes a couple of inches deep. I have seen them doing it and yesterday evening I saw one with a big brown muddy patch on its front. They are throwing soil all over the path and I am having to sweep up twice a day. I would not have believed it unless I had seen it myself Any pics Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TIGHTCHOKE Posted June 30, 2016 Report Share Posted June 30, 2016 A video would be useful. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kenholland Posted June 30, 2016 Report Share Posted June 30, 2016 get p c in the sight of his 12 gauge hushy should do it . Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fisheruk Posted June 30, 2016 Report Share Posted June 30, 2016 Are you growing ground nuts! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ditchman Posted July 2, 2016 Report Share Posted July 2, 2016 (edited) this is a bloody wind up................ not as good as HARNSERS WW2 BUNKER tho' ZZZAAAAPPPPPP....ANOTHER ONE FOR THE PLAYPEN... Edited July 2, 2016 by ditchman Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bornfree Posted July 2, 2016 Report Share Posted July 2, 2016 Perhaps they have flown over from Ireland. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stimo22 Posted July 2, 2016 Author Report Share Posted July 2, 2016 You may think that it is a wind up but today watched them doing it. It seems that they like something that is being washed off the marigolds as they are digging around the bases but leaving the other plants alone Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
old'un Posted July 3, 2016 Report Share Posted July 3, 2016 I have seen wood pigeons digging holes on a field of winter rape in September, they were digging for small black slugs, some of the holes were two inches deep, we eventually setup and shot the field and a good quarter of them (50) had crops full of slugs. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shotguneddy Posted July 3, 2016 Report Share Posted July 3, 2016 Weird Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fortune Posted July 3, 2016 Report Share Posted July 3, 2016 Digging? Not seen that one before. We put the grass mowings on the Rose beds and the blackbirds come down on them early in the morning and make a real mess scattering the grass onto the lawns in their search for worms and insects. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Whitetail Posted July 4, 2016 Report Share Posted July 4, 2016 I've never known pigeons dig are they having a dust bath ? Blackbirds can make a right mess in a garden Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mel b3 Posted July 28, 2016 Report Share Posted July 28, 2016 Ive never known pigeons to dig any up , are you sure that they aren't planting something ? :-) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chris1961 Posted July 30, 2016 Report Share Posted July 30, 2016 Could be taking a dust bath Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
blasterjudd Posted August 2, 2016 Report Share Posted August 2, 2016 Mmmmm mmmmm do they have long ears ? Might be Rabbits mate..... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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