Doves... supposed to be symbols of peace, at least the white ones are. We have a few too many collared doves and they have taken to persecuting the wood pigeons. Whenever a pigeon settles on the lawn to peck around under the bird feeder one or two doves will fly down and chase him off.
Has anyone any idea why?
A couple of kites (the birdy type not the ones on the end of a string) were circling over the garden this morning. We think they were young black kites but what drew my eye to them was hearing a call which sounded just like a red kite. They soon soared off and have not been seen since. Casper is keeping a lookout whilst out in the garden. He is always either on one of us or under the canopy of the magnolia tree so we hope they don't spot him.