Birds

I don't know why some researchers don't just ask me sometimes. I was reading last week that Bristol University has carried out research to see if birds prefer to do their droppings on white or darker-coloured cars. It took Charles West and his 40 helpers to conclude that which most of us have known for a good while - birds leave droppings on vehicles. Full stop. But apparently 2000 vehicles don't lie - if you don't want to clean it as often go for a navy blue to black car - because according to bird expert Dr Derek Toomer birds do respond to colour ... and they associate the colour white with predators and "bomb" them.