I think just after Christmas would be a good time to commence the burning. A nice fire would be something to look forward to at this traditionally gloomy time of year. Arthur Nottingham I have always been able to take or leave pigeons until the other day when one asked me if I had any spare change and another tried to sell me a copy of the Big Issue. Steve Beeston, Nottm A discreet method of reducing the number of pigeons in the Market Square, or anywhere else for that matter, is to feed them a mixture of bird seed and surgical spirit which is pure alchohol, when they pass out drunk they can be collected and removed or killed. This method was suggested by my father to deal with the problem in the local church.
Nobody likes to see or hear guns being used.
This is a far more humane method of reducing numbers. There is no need for rampaging gunmen in the market square. The solution is to feed them with a mixture of bird seed and surgical spirit , and when they pass out drunk they can be dealt with in a more discreet manner. I think that it would be wrong to kill the Pigeons as their living things . I think all those people out there are sad why dont you take some of your own medican.