Dovecotes - anyone have one in their garden?
07 February 2008, 04:17 PM
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Dovecotes - anyone have one in their garden?
Do Doves/Pidgeons use it for nesting or has it been ignored and a waste of money?
Thinking of getting one for the garden as the Collared Doves that are in the garden have pretty much camped in our garden since I started feeding them when we moved here.
I put a bird box up last weekend thinking it wouldn't be used until next winter/spring and it took 3 days before a pair of blue **** claimed it for their home.
Now wondering if a Dovecote would get inhabited as quick bearing in mind the Doves have tamed to me and sit on the fence or in the garden only a few feet from me when I go out to feed them.
Also I assume a Dovecote is a safer place for them to nest rather than trees/bushes when there is a Sparrow Hawk about even though its more obvious for the Sparrow Hawk to see them?
Thinking of getting one for the garden as the Collared Doves that are in the garden have pretty much camped in our garden since I started feeding them when we moved here.
I put a bird box up last weekend thinking it wouldn't be used until next winter/spring and it took 3 days before a pair of blue **** claimed it for their home.
Now wondering if a Dovecote would get inhabited as quick bearing in mind the Doves have tamed to me and sit on the fence or in the garden only a few feet from me when I go out to feed them.
Also I assume a Dovecote is a safer place for them to nest rather than trees/bushes when there is a Sparrow Hawk about even though its more obvious for the Sparrow Hawk to see them?
07 February 2008, 05:50 PM
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Actually, SJSkyline's post is not far from the truth.
I have a couple of bird feeders, and had started to put some stuff down to attract the local doves and wood pigeons.
I've had to change it's position though, as a sparrowhawk kept flying around the house and picking them off
Alcazar
I have a couple of bird feeders, and had started to put some stuff down to attract the local doves and wood pigeons.
I've had to change it's position though, as a sparrowhawk kept flying around the house and picking them off
Alcazar
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