A Gloucestershire pensioner has been forced to protect his home with netting after the property was targeted by kamikaze crows. In a bid to avoid having to make any home insurance claims for the damage caused by the attacking crows, Ronald Milton has now installed netting to stop the "disturbing" events.
In what appeared to be a real life version of Hitchcock's The Birds, Mr Milton's home in Bisley Road, Stroud, was targeted by crows which kept flying into the windows.
Over a period of six months the birds would "fly up to the window then fly back crashing in to it", the 89-year-old said.
"It seems to be only my house, they are a nuisance and they make a mess on the windows," he added. "The netting doesn't seem to make any difference though."
Dr Colin Studholme of the Gloucestershire Wildlife Trust said that the unusual behaviour could be a result of two things: "Sometimes birds fly into windows because they think they can fly straight through a house if they can see some light on the other side.
"Or the other possible option is that they can see their reflection in the window and they will attack it, particularly at this time of year when crows are mating and very territorial."
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