Pigeons and seedlings

My pigeons go for most things, but not what you've mentioned.

I only net carrots against carrot fly.

I have all sorts of seedlings out in my garden, and also a lot of pigeons. My theory is, that if there is plenty of readily available bird food, and water, then they won't bother with the seedlings. I actually left all my bean seeds germinating next to an area where I put food for the birds and they all germinated fine. The pigeons didn't disturb them,nor did they eat the newly emerged seedlings. I do have a lot of bird feeders and they are all kept well stocked though. Seedlings at the plot do not fair so well!

I might have solved my horseradish lack of success.   Its either pigeons pecking them so they never manage to emerge above the soil, or crows.  My bet is on the flying-tree-rats.

On our allotments pigeons go for any any brassica.  They can strip seedlings to the stalk in the blink of an eye, a bit like piranha. 

I wish the pigeons would take a fancy to the comfrey that has found its way into my garden then! I have no idea where it came from, but I can't get rid of it!