Tag: pigeons
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The Railway Cathedral, pigeons and cigarette butts: a work trip to Antwerp
I’ve just spent a couple of days on a work trip to Antwerp, Belgium. It has been many years since I went on a work trip – Antibes, France in 2018 when I was working for Automattic. This is my first trip with Creative Force. This trip was entirely optional but a good opportunity to…
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Pigeon destringers strike again
Ben and I untangled the toe of another urban pigeon today. This one we found by the King Edward the VII statue on Union Street. There are several stringfoot pigeons in this flock but I’ve not managed to catch any of them until today. This bird was quite young and I don’t think there’s any…
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Pigeon patrol
Ben and I went on another pigeon patrol to the Harriet Street flock today which has become a somewhat regular activity. A gull turned up and ate some of the sunflower seeds. He must have been hungry as I’ve never seen a gull show interest in sunflower seeds before. Admittedly there were a few calciworms…
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Spring blooms
Ben and I went pigeon de-stringing today but didn’t have any success. There were four birds hanging around Burger King but it was clear they knew me and stayed well away even when I put out sunflower seeds. I’ll have to wear a different outfit next time. Yesterday we spent a couple of hours tidying…
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The Cat Dimension and other news
Elizabeth has created another game to add to her portfolio. This one is called The Cat Dimension and was inspired by Victoria our cat who features in the game. She did this for her EPQ (Extended Project Qualification) for school and it’s worth half an A-level. She started work on it last September and will…
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Rachel 1; pigeons 5
For the past couple of weeks I’ve been trying to catch some pigeons with stringfoot at a local shopping centre. Stringfoot is a common affliction among urban pigeons where thread gets tightly tangled around their toes, cutting off the blood supply and eventually the birds loses a toe or sometimes the whole foot. It must…
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Day 2 in London
Our second day in London started with more walking. Elizabeth and I wandered around before her school trio officially started at Somerset House for ice-skating. First we walked through a little park next to the Thames called Victoria Embankment Gardens. It was a lovely oasis in the middle of lots of tall buildings and bustling…
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Daniel is going to St Andrews
Daniel got some exciting news last week: he received an offer to study computer science at the University of St Andrews. This was his top choice so he’s planning to accept it and will commence university in September this year. I never imagined I’d one day have a child at St Andrews University. It must…
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Pets and wildlife
I think Victoria has been missing the hamsters. She used to like sitting above Daisy’s cage watching her. It was hamster TV. Just before Daisy died she came out of her burrow and simply stopped moving. I knew it was over then. Victoria started making whiny noises and tapped on the side to try to…
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