Okay!
      I finally had enough of them!

It was bad enough, the pigeons sitting in the tree, eating the berries and then leaving purple deposits all over the roof and windscreen of the car, but then it rained. The berries started dropping to the ground and coming into the house on the bottom of shoes. The juice is a sod to get out of the carpet - it's good job the pattern contains a lot of similar colour!

As mentioned previously, I finally had enough! I went out with a step ladder, scissors and a carrier bag, which is now fairly full of heads of elderberries with the stalks still attached. Any suggestions?

I know people make elderberry wine, but stuff I have tasted over the years varied from "Full Bodied Red" through to "Paint Stripper" and I'm not set up for home brewing. Any other alternatives before the bag isn't fit for anything but the bin?

Quack!
Geoff The Duck.