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Birds - Pigeon & Doves Page 10

Image Taken on 24 May 2022 at 11:42 Image of day on 02 Jul 2022

We rarely get pictures of birds leaving the Meadow post (a technical matter) so were surprised to get these two usable moments 3 hours apart.

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Image Taken on 16 Aug 2019 at 09:10 Image of day on 06 Oct 2019

A more detailed view of another of the 30 twigs we saw brought to the meadow post.
Over the next few days a few more twigs passed this way.

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Image Taken on 24 May 2024 at 07:35 Image of day on 18 Jun 2024

Morning landings into a west wind lines up this Wood Pigeon for this attractive back-lit moment.

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Image Taken on 28 Jun 2024 at 12:06 Image of day on 10 Aug 2024

Pigeons love post tops of all types.
The arriving Wood Pigeon (right pair) makes a clumsy landing on the perched birds right wing.

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Image Taken on 08 Dec 2021 at 14:22 Image of day on 14 Jan 2022

On the ground, perhaps trying to use the resident as a trampoline.
The shadow indicates that the landing bird has actually contacted the lower bird.

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Image Taken on 05 Jun 2024 at 07:46 Image of day on 02 Jul 2024

A lucky-to-catch launch.

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Image Taken on 24 May 2022 at 14:48 Image of day on 02 Jul 2022

We rarely get pictures of birds leaving the Meadow post (a technical matter) so were surprised to get these two usable moments 3 hours apart.

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Image Taken on 13 Sep 2025 at 15:52 Image of day on 03 Nov 2025

This Wood Pigeon took off from the wooden electricity pole that is out of crop half a frame width to the right.
We rather like the mix of fluidity and stolidity

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Image Taken on 13 Feb 2021 at 09:12 Image of day on 28 Mar 2021

What this Wood Pigeon is up to we can't even imagine.

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Image Taken on 05 Dec 2020 at 15:27 Image of day on 10 Jan 2021

At this time of year we get less than 8 hours of sunlight. The orange light of the setting sun illuminates this sleek Wood Pigeon.

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Image Taken on 04 Jul 2022 at 10:37 Image of day on 21 Aug 2022

Wood Pigeon feathers look so smooth and matt you can forget that they are made up of hundreds of overlapping feathers.

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Image Taken on 05 Aug 2018 at 20:19 Image of day on 25 Sep 2018

The drought has created wide and deep cracks in exposed soil. Here a Wood Pigeon looks down the Crack hoping for some food dropped in.

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Image Taken on 06 Aug 2024 at 18:27 Image of day on 18 Sep 2024

A rather elegant portrait of a Wood Pigeon on the Tree-stump.

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Image Taken on 29 Apr 2025 at 17:39 Image of day on 11 Jun 2025

"En Garde!"
Well - watching the world go by while my mate sits on our eggs.

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Image Taken on 16 Aug 2020 at 10:47 Image of day on 23 Sep 2020

Have we found the Pigeon with the missing tail feathers? Sadly NO.
This pic was taken the day before of a similarly tail-deprived Pigeon, which may mean this is not an uncommon occurrence, but you have to be very lucky to see it.

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Image Taken on 01 Jan 2016 at 13:21 Image of day on 06 Feb 2016

This Wood Pigeon caught our eye for the range of colours on the neck plumage. We have NOT 'wound up' the colours.

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Image Taken on 10 Apr 2018 at 15:55 Image of day on 22 May 2018

3 minutes later we have just this one lovely Wood Pigeon showing us the underside of it's wings.

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Image Taken on 21 Mar 2025 at 16:10 Image of day on 27 Apr 2025

This Wood Pigeon is watching the photographer watching them.

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Image Taken on 22 Jan 2021 at 09:01 Image of day on 21 Feb 2021

A currently rare moment of sunshine illuminates the Dogwood at the rear of the main pond as this Wood Pigeon makes an elegant touchdown.

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Image Taken on 21 Jul 2024 at 09:13 Image of day on 30 Aug 2024

Oops - dropped something!

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