On looking more closely I was greeted by the sight of large, black chickens getting cooched down in the branches some six feet (two metres) up.
Chickens flutter they don't fly as such, so I was both surprised and not surprised to see them there.
I had already watched a rat chase off a pigeon who had obviously got a bit to close to their nest area, so it made sense for these birds to either get themselves off the ground and be less vulnerable or return to their coop (if they had one) for the night.
I then thought about the little ones. I wonder if they hitched a lift on the backs of the adults? I'd seen adults with them riding on their back a couple of years ago, so putting two and possibly two together I wondered if I'd made four?
No idea, but seeing these birds roosting was quite an honour.