Broad bean pluckers...

We have gangs of jackdaws, magpies and pigeons to contend with and I can see myself netting things I shouldn't really have to just to give them a break from being uprooted by curious beaks. Plus the squirrels, for whom I am reserving a special pool of loathing. 

Pigeons dont seem to bother much except brassicas,stripped leaves with beak shaped marks are pigeons,brassicas or stuff with leaves eaten right down are rabbits.
Jackdaws and rooks know exactly when your peas are ready i know from experience.I use a big woven net from gardening naturally,get a load of 7 or 8 foot canes,shove them well in the ground,then use old plastic pop bottles to go over the top,then drape the net over,it will need weighted down at the edges or fixed at one side to a fence or something,its a faff to put up but you can walk in and weed or pick no problem.
The wilko pond nettings great,long lasting stuff ive had some for ten years, but needs joined together as they arent very big.

Actually Salmo, there aren't that many rooks or magpies there, but there are quite a few pheasants!

However, all they do is muck about because they're so thick, but they were on the list of suspects, but, the rudimentary wire netting we had used was so close to the plants, that even a pheasant with two GCSEs wouldn't have been able to get at them! It had to be a smaller bird!