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11-04-2007, 07:29 PM
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| | | How do I stop pigeons nesting in my garden?
I have a small garden with blackbirds and tits nesting but have a pair of pigeons trying to nest in a big cherry tree and frightening off the smaller birds. Anyone have any suggestions on how to move the pigeons on without harming them? |
11-04-2007, 08:23 PM
|  | Commander of the Wild Empire | | Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: West Sussex - hurrah!
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| | | Re: How do I stop pigeons nesting in my garden?
We had a pair of collared doves trying to nest on our satellite dish braket a couple of weeks ago so, being the wildlife friendly and environmentally conscious person I am, I poked the sticks off with a bamboo cane. 
In the end they got fed up and went off to nest across the road ... on a neighbour's satellite dish bracket. 
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11-04-2007, 08:38 PM
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| | | Re: How do I stop pigeons nesting in my garden?
Hello Daffodil, it isn't a problem I've encountered so I can't help sorry  . But welcome to WAB and I hope someone will be able to come up with something for you.  |
11-04-2007, 08:44 PM
|  | Commander of the Wild Empire | | Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: Sheffield
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| | | Re: How do I stop pigeons nesting in my garden?
Hi Daffodil and a warm welcome to WAB. Sorry I can't help re pigeons but someone will bound to know and get back to you. Enjoy!
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11-04-2007, 09:06 PM
|  | Officer of the Wild Empire | | Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: Pork Pie Town, Leicestershire
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| | | Re: How do I stop pigeons nesting in my garden?
What makes you think the woodys frighten off the other birds? 
They are bigger birds, but are quite dumb when it comes down to it, and have every right to try and build their nest wherever they can.
Why can't people let birds do "what birds do" and enjoy it,  rather than try and intervene all the time? 
Other than that, get a license and a gun and shoot them and be done with it! 
Sorry you didn't want them harming?.....Bahhhhh I don't know the answer
Now where's that culling grey squirrels thread....... 
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11-04-2007, 09:27 PM
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| | | Re: How do I stop pigeons nesting in my garden?
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Originally Posted by Daffodil  I have a small garden with blackbirds and tits nesting but have a pair of pigeons trying to nest in a big cherry tree and frightening off the smaller birds. Anyone have any suggestions on how to move the pigeons on without harming them? |
You could invest in a peregrine falcon |
12-04-2007, 07:25 AM
|  | Commander of the Wild Empire | | Join Date: Jul 2006 Location: Suffolk
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| | | Re: How do I stop pigeons nesting in my garden?
Pigeons don't harm other birds, they have every right to be here. |
12-04-2007, 11:34 AM
|  | Officer of the Wild Empire | | Join Date: Aug 2006 Location: Grantham, Lincolnshire
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| | | Re: How do I stop pigeons nesting in my garden?
Shoot them
Pigeon pie. Lovely
no seriously if you destroy the nest they will move on. |
12-04-2007, 11:38 AM
|  | Wild Member | | Join Date: Aug 2005 Location: Warwickshire
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| | | Re: How do I stop pigeons nesting in my garden?
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Originally Posted by mrs fish Pigeons don't harm other birds, they have every right to be here. | It sort of depends on how big the garden is and stuff like that. Pigeons can create a lot of mess and bring in disease so you'd need to be very vigilent if you have small children playing in the area, and disinfect on a regular basis.
Two years ago I had a pair of Collar Doves starting to build a nest on top of our security light. Fortunately they gave up after a day or so, but as it was just above the kitchen door I'd have removed it if it looked like they were going to actually build there. The House Martins are fine as the droppings fall onto a roof below the nests and I can clean it up once or twice a year. |
12-04-2007, 12:04 PM
|  | Commander of the Wild Empire | | Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: Little village called Chedworth
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| | | Re: How do I stop pigeons nesting in my garden?
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Originally Posted by Lance Morgan Shoot them
Pigeon pie. Lovely
no seriously if you destroy the nest they will move on. | That's seriously risky advice!! If you destroy the nest you are breaking the law unless you can prove the nest is a risk to human health and safety (which you might be able to argue for a satellite dish but probably not for a tree), serious damage to agriculture or other reasons such as conservation of a rare species etc....
A nest is protected as soon as it is being built right up until chicks have definately permantly left and you are sure the nest won't be re-used.
You could try bird scaring techniques though.... plastic peregrine? flappy plastic things etc? or learn to love them in their big, dopey pigeon way of life... Small birds are only afraid of being landed on by pigeons, pigeons would never attack them - they like seeds and seedlings not other birdies.... |
12-04-2007, 06:08 PM
|  | Commander of the Wild Empire | | Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: Northants
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| | | Re: How do I stop pigeons nesting in my garden?
We have wood pigeons nesting in a conifer tree at the bottom of our garden. Last year they tried to nest there but the tree is very narrow and they kept falling down the tree. But they still tried then they gave up. It was so funny watching them tumbling down the tree I wondered how they would ever get the eggs to stay up there. I love seeing birds nesting in and around our garden | |
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