Baked the Pigeon?

His favourite bit is the pigeons in the title sequence of coronation street.

And so the pigeon story rolls on.

I had thought contacting the Police would have done the trick and that a visit from the boys in blue would make Pigeon Man retire.

Either he is made of sterner stuff or the Police didn't follow it up because at the weekend our friend Alan informed us that early on Saturday morning he too had seen the Pigeon Man up to his old tricks and this time he had an assistant.

I'm not too sure what the Pigeon Assistants job would be - maybe he is going to dress up as a lady pigeon with big eye lashes and lip gloss and entice the amorous male pigeons.

Thankfully this time no pigeons were hurt and Alan kept a careful watch of the Pigeon Gang and once they noticed him watching they packed up and drove away scowling at Alan the whole time.

While I'm glad they didn't manage to get any more pigeons the real thing that bothers me is the unknown answer of why he is catching them in the first place? Is it really to eat, as so many people keeping suggesting? Even the Beeb has Pigeon recipes on its menu - the idea of eating a mangy urban pigeon is disgusting.

I prefer the idea that he is training them as pets like this crazy lady. What do you all think - have a vote.

I've contacted the Park to let them know about it and they are going to keep their eyes out. A lot of people have posted saying that pigeons are vermin so catching/ killing them is allowed. The only piece of legal speak I can find on the subject however seems to say that hunting is strictly forbidden unless you have a license.

"P.5.2. The bird pest species which may be killed or taken under licence are: crow, jackdaw, magpie, rook, jay, house sparrow, starling, woodpigeon, feral pigeon, collared dove, herring gull, lesser black-backed gull and greater black-backed gull. The general licence permits these birds to be killed only for the purposes of preventing serious damage to agricultural concerns or for public health and safety. For any other purposes an individual licence must be obtained. "

So what now? I think I might stick up some wanted posters in the park with the guys picture to see if we can track him down, though this might scare him into moving hunting ground, so keep your eyes peeled everyone - he might move to a park near you.