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Birds - Pigeon & Doves Page 5
Image Taken on 17 May 2022
at 19:47 Image of day on 24 Jun 2022
Another hour on a third landing for the Stock Dove, this time with a
Wood Pigeon already perched. Similar size but different eye colour,
no white flash and different coloured beak.
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Image Taken on 01 Jun 2014
at 18:36 Image of day on 10 Aug 2014
Our 2 regular full-sized pigeons (i.e. excluding the smaller
Collared Dove) tolerating each other. On the left is the Stock
Dove with all Black eye. On the right is the Wood Pigeon with
yellow Iris and always keyhole shaped pupil we see in other
photos of Wood Pigeons, but not in drawings in older ID books.
Maybe it is a recent evolution (but worldwide?), or the artist in
our old books thought they had a rogue specimen and painted the
Iris as round. Can anybody tell us?
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Image Taken on 11 Oct 2013
at 08:32 Image of day on 10 Dec 2013
The Stock dove chick (In the broken Owl box) has been changing
visibly each day. Here for a change it was setting facing to our
right on a different piece of it's own horrendous dung heap!
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Image Taken on 13 Oct 2013
at 14:07 Image of day on 10 Dec 2013
2 days later backs to it's preferred position.
Next day, and thereafter the box was empty in what we assume
was a successful fledging of the Stock Dove.
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Image Taken on 08 Oct 2013
at 12:38 Image of day on 07 Dec 2013
This single stock Dove chick in a broken Owl nest box is now mostly
feathered, but a couple of tail feathers are still in pin (sheathed).
This is also known as a Blood Feather which provides
a blood supply to the growing feather.
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Image Taken on 08 Oct 2013
at 12:38 Image of day on 07 Dec 2013
A detail of the Stock Dove chick showing two remaining tail feathers 'in pin'.
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Image Taken on 01 Oct 2013
at 11:23 Image of day on 29 Nov 2013
3 days later the smaller of the chicks has disappeared - the box is wide open to
predation by crows or similar. But the larger bird seems to be doing well with
the feather 'pins' grown substantially in the 3 days. When the birds have flown
repairs will be in order.
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Image Taken on 28 Sep 2013
at 10:17 Image of day on 29 Nov 2013
Our Barn owl box, originally used for nesting by Jawdaws, lost the side
access panel and a pair of Stock Dove made a nest which now
contains these two beautiful chicks.
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Image Taken on 16 Aug 2018
at 13:54 Image of day on 08 Oct 2018
A juvenile Stock Dove wanders over the woodland floor learning what there
might be to eat.
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Image Taken on 05 Aug 2018
at 20:49 Image of day on 21 Sep 2018
The feather down and 'naked' beak tell us that this is a
juvenile stock Dove teetering inexpertly on the edge of the
bird table. We know of several Pigeon nests around our site and now assume one
of them raised this youngster.
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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 19 Aug 2025
at 11:53 Image of day on 09 Oct 2025
Having a chat at the water cooler the bird bath?
What is it with these two bird species seen together 5 days apart?
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