John wrote:

This year I have had several birds kill themselves by flying into our
back windows - I suppose it is a reflection of the sky they see. All
have been the same type (Finch with a yellow area near their tail)



Male chaffinch. Common territorial behaviour. They attack their own
reflection in the glass, thinking that it is another male bird.

Happens all the time here during the breeding season (but I have never
seen a death).

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"S'ils te mordent - mords-les"

On Jun 4, 8:45*pm, Rob wrote:
pete wrote:

Quite put me off urban gardens. In London, as one of the few left with a
lawn, my garden was the neighbourhood cat toilet. When I moved a small
paved garden was a major attraction.

I can sympathise. I once lived in a house where all the neighbours
had cats that all used the "neutral zone" to crap in. There must have
been about nine.

We considered getting one of our own to gurad it, that way we'd only
have one load of crap to clean up.