Ravens

[T_T]

Would Ravens attack or be a problem to our pigeons.? We have 4pr of them nesting and rearing on the cliffs of Dover. I would hope a pigeon would be too fast for them but I really don't know.

[DOVEScot]

Would Ravens attack or be a problem to our pigeons.? We have 4pr of them nesting and rearing on the cliffs of Dover. I would hope a pigeon would be too fast for them but I really don't know.

 

I have had problems lately with crows http://forum.pigeonbasics.org/topic/36720-crow-attacking-and-killing-pigeons/

[blaz]

i know ravens will giving the chance raid nests and eat young peregrines. i don,t think they will bother pigeons to much .they will however stop bops hunting near them even more so if they have young . their was only one pair on the cliffs last year now up to 4 that must be good as they give peregrines a hard time

[T_T]

Sounds good to me!!

[THE FIFER]

carrion crows are worse than hawks m8, if they start, thats the big blck ones with the long black shiny beak, think ravens and carrions are familuar

[Roland]

Reality Fifer,

Never amazes me that because folks see Magpies / crows / seagulls etc. etc. mobbing B.O.P. that they believe that they are a good thing to have around.

Simple truth is they are not! As regards a deterrent to B.O.P. they are at best only of nuisance value and tolerated via B.O.P. They soon eat crows etc. in harsh weather.

Possibly why tolerated

The times one sees these 'Crow families' eating up the hedgerows like hoovers, eggs and young alike, they surely MUST realise, know, that these birds are oppertunist and very clever that eat ANYTHING that they can. Pigeons are included in their' diet.

Even youngsters out flying are cleaned up once the crow get s a taste for them. Carrion crows, ravens etc. are just a bigger version, hence more trouble.

I had the crows move the magpies on (nested 50 - 100 yards each side of me) and took their' nests over. Then the Sparrow Hawks took the crows' nest over and did me a great service. Now the Sparrow hawks are gone.... just the odd passer by. I know I am a lucky one in these terms. I know a fancier that had his youngster coming well.... Then the crows took a likeing to them. They clean him out that year.

Just remember not everything that shines is silver.