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Date: 18 April 2005 17:23:47
I was in the centre of Manchester today, meeting up with old friends (which was very good) and the pigeons were behaving very strangely. In the middle of Piccadilly Gardens there was a group of about 50 - 100 pigeons squashed in a space about 2 metres by 2 metres, just sat there. There were no other pigeons in the whole area, apart from this. Seemed to be rather strange. Then later on in the day, I saw the same thing in Chorlton, except this time they were all eating.
The child in me thought wildly that they might be having some sort of vigil in protest for pigeons in other parts of the world who are suffering from poverty related causes! But the adult in me decided there must be a physical need for them to be behaving in this way, for example to keep warm or for food. But I've never seen pigeons behave like that in Swansea or London - they are usually scattered around more. Did anyone else notice any strange pigeon behaviour today in any other parts of the world - maybe they were having a Global Week of Action (as you can tell, I am more like a child than a rational adult!)