PARK PENITENTIARY

Despite yesterday's birds living in the equivalent of a ghetto, I still think they ended up in a better situation than these ones here, locked up in a cage in Gloucester with a view looking out into the open space of the park that gives them a teasing reminder of their plight!

DILAPIDATED DOVECOTE

In contrast to the pleasant, luxurious even, bird tables and shelters I've put on display over the past few days, I suppose this structure here could be considered a ghetto.

The crumbling feature at the top joins 2 derelict buildings in Gloucester docks and the pigeons have turned it into a makeshift home for themselves.

I used a zoom for the second shot to show all of the nooks & crannies where they have taken up residence!

BIRD TABLE AND DOVECOTE

Thought I'd end the run of bird table pictures with the one at the top which is probably the most extravagant example I've got, a 4 tier Tudor mansion by the looks of it!
The maker of the bird table would have no doubt been inspired by the real thing, as it were, and the image below it is one such Tudor beamed dovecote, located in Hempsted.

BIRD TABLES 7 & 8

Spoiled for choice some birds were in the Cotswolds, as you can see with these 2 contrasting bird table styles.
The top one is almost like a scale model of a real Tudor house - and the ones below it look as if Anthony Caro had been commissioned to design them!
These were actually part of a display outside a garden centre somewhere around Gloucester.

BIRD TABLES 5 & 6

Here's a couple of examples of bird tables on display that kinda have a similar look to the homes they are beside.
The top image was taken near Huntley and you may be able to spot a resemblance going on with the structure on the bird table and the conservatory at the house.
The other shot, taken around Sandhurst, features both houses with a typical Cotswold old wooden beam look.

BIRD TABLES 3 & 4

The owners of the top garden sure liked their birds - bird table, bird feeder, bird box.....
I was rather fond of their old style bird table, complete with weather-beaten slates and roof feature!
Not 100% sure of the location of that one but it was either Botloe's Green or Clifford's Mesne which are up near Newent. If I track it down I'll put the correct place in later.
The other photo I do know was taken on the outer rim of Gloucester and in this garden they had quite a plush Tudor beamed bird table.

BIRD TABLES 1 & 2

Here's 2 posh bird tables set in rather grand surroundings.
The top picture with the white doves making a home for themselves, was taken in Wallsworth, the building in shot being the Nature In Art Museum.
The 2nd picture with the white regency styled building was taken in Maisemore.
I actually ended up at the Maisemore house by mistake. Not having been to this area before, I cycled along a side-road which I thought was taking me into a park or suchlike, but when I reached the white building I had the feeling I was in someone's private driveway, so I quickly took this snap and scarpered!
I discovered later that it was a private dwelling.