Kaleyard Dovecote - Chester, England, UK - Dovecotes on Waymarking.com

This large dovecote is situated beneath the city walls at the edge of the Kaleyards car park off Frodsham Street in Chester city centre. (visit link)

The dovecote was erected to provide a feeding area for the pigeons in the city centre. The coops were intended to keep the birds confined to one area and allow eggs to be taken from the roosting boxes to keep numbers down.

"It was PiCAS UK that recommended the installation of a pigeon coup (or dovecote) in Kaleyards as a humane but 100% effective means of managing pigeon flock size in Chester city centre. The dovecote was designed to provide pigeon feeders with a legitimised feeding area to stop random feeding taking place throughout the city centre and provide problem birds with a daytime perching facility, thereby reducing soiling on properties throughout the city centre.
The concept behind a pigeon coup is to close down large-scale roosts such as St Martin’s House and allow the excluded birds to relocate into a dovecote facility such as the one in Kaleyards. Once pigeons have relocated and become established in the dovecote breeding can be controlled via egg removal and replacement with dummy eggs - flock size will then reduce dramatically." Source: (visit link)

Local residents however were not pleased by the placement. Reports written in newspapers about this can be seen at the following links. (visit link) (visit link)

(If known) Approximately how many pigeonholes in the dovecote?: 48

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Date Logged Log   03/24/2022 MeerRescue visited it