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Wild Pigeons

bobpat_2
bobpat_2 Posts: 167 Forumite
We are being bothered by some very persistant pigeons in our garden and would like to "deter" them. Has anyone tried using one of the Kestrel garden ornaments that are being advertised as bird scarers?.
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  • kinkyjinks
    kinkyjinks Posts: 852 Forumite
    I've got one that I move around the allotment. It seems to work as I've not noticed any damage to my crops. Oh apart from last year when they stripped my young purple sprouting broccoli bare but I'd forgot to cover them and the 'kestrel' was at the other end of my plot.
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  • grizzly1911
    grizzly1911 Posts: 9,965 Forumite
    We have a couple that use an Oak Tree at the bottom of the garde.

    They seem more of a problem when it very dry as though they are after moisture??
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  • Biggles
    Biggles Posts: 8,209 Forumite
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    I am plagued by wood pigeons and might be interested if these things work.

    On the other hand, though, would they also deter all the blackbirds, robins etc etc that I also have?
  • cootambear
    cootambear Posts: 1,474 Forumite
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    Biggles wrote: »
    I am plagued by wood pigeons and might be interested if these things work.

    On the other hand, though, would they also deter all the blackbirds, robins etc etc that I also have?

    I am in a way jealous. They would be turned in to lightly fried pigeon breasts at my house if I got a chance.
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  • officeguru
    officeguru Posts: 725 Forumite
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    I don't know if hanging cds on a string would work.... I have two wood pigeons lurking about every day...
  • Biggles
    Biggles Posts: 8,209 Forumite
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    officeguru wrote: »
    I don't know if hanging cds on a string would work.... I have two wood pigeons lurking about every day...
    That certainly seems to keep them away from my young pea plants OK.
  • aardvaak
    aardvaak Posts: 5,836 Forumite
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    Why don't you just shoot them - They would make a great meal.
  • Biggles
    Biggles Posts: 8,209 Forumite
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    I couldn't eat that many!
  • daz501
    daz501 Posts: 185 Forumite
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    Biggles wrote: »
    I couldn't eat that many!

    Shoot them and sell the surplus?

    A good air gun is around £150. An investment if you ask me. I have recently been scouting my local woods where wood pigeons are adundant. I plan to trap them.

    I would definatley shoot them if they were on my property
  • Biggles
    Biggles Posts: 8,209 Forumite
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    daz501 wrote: »
    Shoot them and sell the surplus?

    A good air gun is around £150. An investment if you ask me. I have recently been scouting my local woods where wood pigeons are adundant. I plan to trap them.

    I would definatley shoot them if they were on my property
    Unfortunately, there's a wood just across the road and I think, however many I shot, they would just be replaced by more.

    But if I thought there was a profit in it........

    Who would buy them, the local butcher?
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