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Image Taken on 17 May 2022 at 18:52    Image of day on 24 Jun 2022

Next evening the Stock Dove visits again for this rather Quirky portrait.


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Image Taken on 16 May 2022 at 19:56    Image of day on 24 Jun 2022

We haven't seen a Stock Dove for many months. This one has made several appearances since this moment of discovery.


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Image Taken on 30 Jun 2013 at 18:54    Image of day on 15 Aug 2013

This Stock Dove looks so relaxed as it preens itself by the log, probably after collecting 'supper'.


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Image Taken on 19 May 2015 at 18:42    Image of day on 22 Jul 2015

This is two Stock Doves apparently messing about in the early evening. It was raining - you can see the water drops flying about.


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Image Taken on 19 May 2015 at 18:42    Image of day on 22 Jul 2015

Stock doves in daylight seem to have all-black eyes, but in fact the Iris is very dark brown you can only see in the right lighting, or with a little help post-processing a photo. This is a camera resolution crop of the head in the adjacent image lightened enough to see the brown ring of the iris.


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Image Taken on 15 Feb 2022 at 07:30    Image of day on 19 Mar 2022

From the living room window, this silhouetted Wood Pigeon decorates a somewhat threatening Sunrise.


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Image Taken on 28 Dec 2020 at 13:11    Image of day on 30 Jan 2021

The 'Tale of the Tomato'.
This squishy tomato survived with no more than a few pecks for almost 24 hours before the Grey Squirrel took it away.


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Image Taken on 20 Dec 2018 at 15:02    Image of day on 24 Jan 2019

Hundreds of Pigeons can be a nuisance.
One Pigeon can be a delight.


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Image Taken on 04 Jun 2012 at 19:39    Image of day on 10 Jul 2012

We know Wood Pigeons can be a menace for farmers (and indeed our own vegetable bed), but pigeons are wonderful birds, great flyers, look lovely and produce a variety of re-assuring 'coos'.


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Image Taken on 16 May 2018 at 05:13    Image of day on 24 Jun 2018

This Wood Pigeon stayed for almost three-quarters of an hour.
You can see the background lightening as the day dawns


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Image Taken on 19 Jun 2024 at 13:28    Image of day on 13 Jul 2024

What happens next - we don't know.


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Image Taken on 05 Jan 2021 at 12:00    Image of day on 05 Feb 2021

"Behind you!"
This is the same pole that the Buzzard landed on, providing a size comparison


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Image Taken on 11 May 2019 at 05:52    Image of day on 12 Jun 2019

"Gangway"


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Image Taken on 10 Oct 2020 at 17:24    Image of day on 27 Nov 2020

It is easy to forget that the beautiful smooth breast plumage of a Pigeon is actually hundreds of individual feathers carefully groomed to perfection.


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Image Taken on 13 Feb 2024 at 15:34    Image of day on 04 Mar 2024

A dramatic and rather strange aerobraking Pigeon about to land at the Woodland site. The Wood Pigeon is 'caught' still a few centimetres from the ground.


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Image Taken on 21 May 2024 at 08:16    Image of day on 11 Jun 2024

Another Wood Pigeon landing to delight the eye - this time outside the Kitchen.


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Image Taken on 10 Apr 2018 at 15:52    Image of day on 22 May 2018

This corvid lands with a thump next to the distracted Wood Pigeon.


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Image Taken on 06 May 2019 at 17:48    Image of day on 12 Jun 2019

The Wood Pigeon starts to land on the kitchen perch just as the Grey Squirrel emerges from underneath the bird table. Quite a shock for the Pigeon we imagine.


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Image Taken on 06 Feb 2021 at 15:21    Image of day on 07 Mar 2021

Wood Pigeons changing over on the Meadow Post.
NOT a montage.


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Image Taken on 04 Jul 2024 at 18:20    Image of day on 12 Aug 2024

Before the rains an elegant wood Pigeon looks back at the camera.


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