For the last three years two Collared Doves, Pierrot and Colombine, have been behaving disgracefully in our Chinaberry Tree, directly in front of our terrace, each evening, without shame and in front of our guests.
They have it seems the mistaken idea that we are a sort of Hotel Paradiso, suitable for short lettings.
We are very relieved to see that this year, after two years of malarky Pierrot has decided to make an honest dove of Colombine and a few days ago started making a nest.
Now it must be confessed that his education in that department was fairly rudimentary, he mainly came with a twig of two in his beak and then let them drop on the tree, or more often on the ground below.
However after several days of this they decided to move in and the picture shows them both squashed onto the “nest”.

Columbine is now brooding and coos seductively on the nest all day while Pierrot is not so much in evidence (I suspect he may be having a bit of a stag with the lads)

Watch this space for further developments and the patter of tiny wings.