Rats with wings in Market Street, Aberdare
Introduction
The photograph on this page of Rats with wings in Market Street, Aberdare by Jaggery as part of the Geograph project.
The Geograph project started in 2005 with the aim of publishing, organising and preserving representative images for every square kilometre of Great Britain, Ireland and the Isle of Man.
There are currently over 7.5m images from over 14,400 individuals and you can help contribute to the project by visiting https://www.geograph.org.uk

Image: © Jaggery Taken: 5 Feb 2015
I first heard pigeons referred to as rats with wings in the 1980 Woody Allen film Stardust Memories. The term first appeared in 1966 in The New York Times, but Allen’s film reached a much wider audience.