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    From Charlie Pridham@charlie@roselandhouse.co.uk to uk.rec.gardening on Sun Jan 18 10:59:41 2026
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    WE have large flocks of them here in the village, the last couple of
    years we have been getting numbers of them down in our courtyard pecking
    away at the ground , at first I thought it must be that they were eating something but it is just compressed shillet and anyway its winter now so unlikely to be much creature wise to eat. Anyone know what the
    attraction is?
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    Charlie Pridham
    Gardening in Cornwall
    www.roselandhouse.co.uk

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  • From Andy Burns@usenet@andyburns.uk to uk.rec.gardening on Sun Jan 18 11:31:19 2026
    From Newsgroup: uk.rec.gardening

    Charlie Pridham wrote:

    WE have large flocks of them here in the village, the last couple of
    years we have been getting numbers of them down in our courtyard pecking away at the ground , at first I thought it must be that they were eating something but it is just compressed shillet and anyway its winter now so unlikely to be much creature wise to eat. Anyone know what the
    attraction is?

    I would assume for similar reasons that crows peck at moss on roofs, to
    find larvae etc to eat?
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  • From N_Cook@diverse@tcp.co.uk to uk.rec.gardening on Sun Jan 18 12:06:51 2026
    From Newsgroup: uk.rec.gardening

    On 18/01/2026 10:59, Charlie Pridham wrote:
    WE have large flocks of them here in the village, the last couple of
    years we have been getting numbers of them down in our courtyard pecking
    away at the ground , at first I thought it must be that they were eating something but it is just compressed shillet and anyway its winter now so unlikely to be much creature wise to eat. Anyone know what the
    attraction is?

    do they have gizzards?
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  • From David Entwistle@qnivq.ragjvfgyr@ogvagrearg.pbz to uk.rec.gardening on Sun Jan 18 17:32:39 2026
    From Newsgroup: uk.rec.gardening

    On Sun, 18 Jan 2026 10:59:41 +0000, Charlie Pridham wrote:

    Anyone know what the attraction is?

    I think they simply do some things out of curiosity. Here a large group congregate in a yew tree by our small public library. I was picking up the litter from under the tree and one of the jackdaws sh*t on my arm, just missing my head. From the chatter from the branches above my head, I'm
    pretty sure they were discussing the event and having a good laugh at my expense.
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    David Entwistle
    52-#56'02.8"N 4-#31'06.2"W
    40m amsl
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  • From liz@liz@poppyrecords.invalid.invalid (Liz Tuddenham) to uk.rec.gardening on Sun Jan 18 18:00:59 2026
    From Newsgroup: uk.rec.gardening

    David Entwistle <qnivq.ragjvfgyr@ogvagrearg.pbz> wrote:

    On Sun, 18 Jan 2026 10:59:41 +0000, Charlie Pridham wrote:

    Anyone know what the attraction is?

    I think they simply do some things out of curiosity. Here a large group congregate in a yew tree by our small public library. I was picking up the litter from under the tree and one of the jackdaws sh*t on my arm, just missing my head. From the chatter from the branches above my head, I'm
    pretty sure they were discussing the event and having a good laugh at my expense.

    At Chippenham Folk Festival a few years ago I saw a pigeon, perched in
    the roof of the historic 'Buttercross", look down, shuffle until it was directly above a glass of beer that one of the morris men was holding
    and aim directly into it. This provoked roars of laughter from those of
    us who had witnessed it and I could swear the pigeon had a self-satisfed
    air about it..
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    ~ Liz Tuddenham ~
    (Remove the ".invalid"s and add ".co.uk" to reply)
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