Many of you will have noticed the nuisance of the crows who are ‘attacking’ the hall windows, and what a mess they are making. I have taken advice and it seems that the mild winter has induced early mating behaviour, and seeing their reflection they attack their ‘rival’. We have tried leaving the curtains both open and closed, nothing deters them. Our window cleaner is experiencing this phenomenon all across the area, with many birds large and small, and he has been accused of not cleaning his customers’ windows, as they arrive home to find the mud smears, exactly as we are experiencing.