Pigeons-DRIVING ME MAD

davmol

Hi,

There are pigeons outside our house every morning making their mating call,it sounds like an owl but much louder and repeats over and over again.This can start at 5am and go on for ages.My neighbours are also sick to death as its really distrubing sleep.

Does anyone know the name of these birds and when they might migrate away?
Also in the meantime does anyone know how to scare them off.They seem to be in Tress outside the house,on wires,on Chimneys ,everywhere.

We were wondering why we have never heard these Pigeons in teh preceding years,only thisyear its become a real nuisance.

Anypone any ideas?

thanks

ytpe2r5bxkn0c1

Sounds like Wood Pigeons. It's actually running late for them nesting now. They should be finishing their 3rd clutches shortly. It'll quieten down soon. They don't migrtae but they will gather in larger flocks in Winter.

Most of us have put up with the calling since early April - that's Nature!!

swifts need our help!

it could be collared doves co-co, co / co-co, co / co-co, co / co-co, co

monara

It could be collared doves. For some reason they like using my patio as a toilet. Any idea of how I can prevent this mess?:)

Alun

monara wrote: »

It could be collared doves. For some reason they like using my patio as a toilet. Any idea of how I can prevent this mess?:)

Mine too, usually after they've eaten some nice staining dark purple berries !

kildare.17hmr

are you in a town or country side?

monara

I'm in Dublin. Could it be a city diet for the doves? Or just an absence of grass which is, I presume, their natural toilet facility?:mad:

davmol

Yes it must be collared doves-the sound description above matches exactly what they sound like.Im looking at getting the below to scare them off as im really not interested in having many more 5am wake ups,im not a milkman so have no ambition to be waking up then.Anyone know if these can be bought in Ireland?

http://www.onsalemowersbestprice.com/Bird_X_OWL_Prowler_Owl_with_Moving_Wings

swifts need our help!

I know of an ASDA warehouse, stable and chicken producer who have plastic owls and other birds of prey sitting about.

Birds are stupid

kildare.17hmr

swifts need our help! wrote: »

I know of an ASDA warehouse, stable and chicken producer who have plastic owls and other birds of prey sitting about.<br />
<br />
Birds are stupid

dont they only work for a short while tho? Might work for the op because the pigeons should be movin on soon. Birds are far from stupid!

ytpe2r5bxkn0c1

Surely nobody could consider the gentle call of a Collared Dove to be a distrubance, or a cause for preventing people sleeping. I have both Collared Doves and Wood Pigeons in my garden every morning and there is no way you could say the Doves were loud enough to disrupt any neighbourhood sleep. The Woodies are certainly a differnt matter.

davmol

It is THE worst sound i have ever heard,family and neighbours agree.The constant repetition is akin to mental torture.If youre awake at 5am and that constant cry is going on you will go nuts.Anything that disturbs sleep is bad.

If the deterrent of a prowler owl doesnt work ill be taking B]Mod note[/B] taking the issue to [URL="http://www.boards.ie/vbulletin/forumdisplay.php?f=1014"]hunting[/URL

BrianD3

I love the cooing sounds made by pigeons and doves, I find the sounds very relaxing.

Birdnuts

davmol wrote: »

It is THE worst sound i have ever heard,family and neighbours agree.The constant repetition is akin to mental torture.If youre awake at 5am and that constant cry is going on you will go nuts.Anything that disturbs sleep is bad.

If the deterrent of a prowler owl doesnt work ill be taking ....

I had similiar feelings about the Laughing Doves parked on my chalet while on honeymoon in Egypt a few years back!!:(;)