I live in a small village , a couple of doors down the road people there are a bit random with trailers old lorries etc dumped in and around their garden, et cetera et cetera no problem their space their rules .
( I was born and raised in the countryside btw)
in my day someone with a shot gun would have sorted this before it was a problem!
. Nb without killing anything.( nb not the messy neighbours 🤣)
however
here we are
The neighbours trees are now completely overwhelmed with rooks
I thought when the rooks arrived ,
if I were said neighbours I’d be deterring the rooks from making their home in my garden,
roll on 3/4 years they’re really happy with it.
The neighbours now have a huge rookery in their garden.
the noise and mess is horrible. Its so overcrowded! even the bloody Rooks Can’t stand it it
so they are looking to make a move to a less overcrowded area and now spending time checking out my trees !
New and very worrying behaviour! Hanging out in my trees in the evenings . Yes, I get that is the countryside.
It’s their world but oh my goodness ,you need to live beside these feathered buggers to understand the
completely overwhelming noise that they make
I have now taken to standing in my garden beating a saucepan with a wooden spoon,
and clapping my hands loudly, ( probably not helping my rep in the village)
it’s like the Covid thing, but all by yourself .
actually, my question
is does this.
Have any impact ,on the rooks decision as to whether they will make their new home in my garden .
ie I cannot live in saucepan banging clapping hands place .
If this is not the message, I am conveying to the noisy blighters .
I am I wasting my precious time .
Is it time to call the estate agent?
before I am overrun.
I don’t understand why Rooks live close to people,ffs
There are masses of trees in the fields around our village.
Why don’t they they move in there?
Don’t get me wrong. I really like rooks smart birds etc . They are fascinating intelligent creatures.
But are not much fun to live with at close quarters
all helpful advice appreciated