The wild wood pigeon tamed by aerial fitter

When Alan Jones first encountered a wood pigeon on his driveway, he thought nothing of it.
But within months he has become the TV aerial man's new best feathered friend.
The tame pigeon which he has nicknamed Pete will now sit on his shoulder and hand, and swoops in to greet him when he returns from work
Mr Jones has always enjoyed feeding the birds, and as he left his home would give them stale bread, and when he returned home he would give them left over sandwiches from his lunch.
The 80-year-old from Wolverhampton Road, Sedgley said: "Most of the birds would wait until you walked away before they went for the food, and as soon as you came close they would fly away. But around 18 months ago I noticed this one pigeon was a little more adventurous, and would come a little closer."
Every day Mr Jones would come out to feed the birds and whilst the others would fly away, this pigeon would remain.
He added: "It got to the stage where he would sit on the ladders on my van waiting for me to come out of the house with the food. He would sit there looking through our breakfast room window, waiting for his food."
Mr Jones who is thought to be the oldest TV aerial man in the business started to see whether he could get closer to his feathered friend.
He said: "I started to get him to fly into my hand to get the food. He would fly straight at me to get the food out of my hand. I then got him to sit on my shoulder, or he would land on my head.
"I would open the door to get the food out and he would fly onto the door and sit on it to wait for me to get the food. He has occasionally gone into the van, but then he would panic because he was trapped and fly straight out again."
Mr Jones said the pigeon will eat almost everything including his jam sandwiches, he also likes the beef and luncheon meat.
The aerial man who has run his business Alan Jones TV Aerials for the last 60 years is no stranger to pigeons, as when he was younger his father used to keep them and he would help look after them.
He said: "They were tame domesticated pigeons, while of course this one is completely wild."
Mr Jones who is married to Frances and has five children, eight grandchildren and three great grand children has not got to the stage where he can now pet the pigeon.
He said: "He would initially just give him a soft pat, but now I can stroke his feathers and he lets me put my whole hand around him."
He added: "He now follows me around like a dog, everyone thinks it's unbelievable. My wife is a little scared of him, but he always makes my day. It's nice to see him there in the morning waiting for me. He is there most days."