Not sure they come a-visiting, or even just visiting for that matter. In bird currency, they live in my garden, so perhaps I am visiting them?

Ok, since next door built a pergola next to my fence and put bird food hanging from it, my fence has become a meeting place for cats.

Hence, by attracting birds, they have managed to scare them away.

There is a rookery (or at least lots of crow nests in a copse) just down from me, and those buggers come a-visiting, or a-dive bombing just after I have washed my car. Amazingly, they have learned to swoop and evacuate at such angles as to ensure my patio windows get a dollop as well.

if only the blackbirds / crows / whatever they are would land, the cats would join the party and for me? serendipity.

There you are, managed that without mentioning tits & choughs. Didn't even mention the bird that used to visit me after her husband had gone off to work.