The History of London’s Trafalgar Square
Trafalgar Square is home to the stone lions and Nelson’s Column. Each year, a gifted tree arrives from Oslo, to thank for help during World War II. Some say rather than shipping it across the North Sea to Felixstowe, it would be better to grow and replant a local tree.
Trafalgar Square is also home to England’s smallest police station. As the square has often been used for peaceful protests, the station housed a discreet police officer, who could quickly call Scotland Yard for help, if protests got out of hand.
How to Help London’s Feral Pigeons
Trafalgar Square was also home to thousands of feral pigeons, until people were banned from feeding them. Although it’s good to let wildlife find their own food, sudden stops could cause dependent birds to starve.
So councils should have worked with pigeon experts, rather than send in haws that sometimes ripe birds apart, in front of terrified children.
London Pigeon Rescue is a volunteer organisation that people can contact, if they find pigeons with limps, missing toes or mangled feet, due to human hair, strands of cotton or materials getting caught and wrapped around their feet, which cuts off circulation.
Londoners (and visitors) can help by picking up and binning clumps of hair, bits of string or other threads. If you contact them, include the exact location and time, and ideally photos and videos of the pigeon and its feet.
Pigeon Recovery has info on how to help rescue injured pigeons (set up an account at easyfundraising then it earns funds from things you buy, at no cost to you as the company donates a portion of sales).
