Woodpigeon (Columba palumbus)
(Bird: Columbidae)
Adult. 19th June, 2013. Hythe Marina (Hampshire-UK). |
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Notes:
A rather large pigeon either loved or hated. This bird is generally very timid and skittish, though urban birds may be tamer. On take-off their wings clatter very loudly, and as a birder this has its detriments as it scares away other birds in the area and sends them into hiding. Birds far from civilization can flush as far away as the horizon, so tread carefully!
Massive migrations of these birds take place in autumn involving upwards of thousands of birds, but these migrations are generally short lived and localized. Outside of England the species name is split into two words as Wood Pigeon or Common Wood Pigeon.
A rather large pigeon either loved or hated. This bird is generally very timid and skittish, though urban birds may be tamer. On take-off their wings clatter very loudly, and as a birder this has its detriments as it scares away other birds in the area and sends them into hiding. Birds far from civilization can flush as far away as the horizon, so tread carefully!
Massive migrations of these birds take place in autumn involving upwards of thousands of birds, but these migrations are generally short lived and localized. Outside of England the species name is split into two words as Wood Pigeon or Common Wood Pigeon.
Massive migrations of these birds take place in autumn involving upwards of thousands of birds, but these migrations are generally short lived and localized. Outside of England the species name is split into two words as Wood Pigeon or Common Wood Pigeon.
I have seen this species in:
- Europe (GB)
The first time I recorded this species:
20th October, 2007 in Hythe (Hampshire-UK) though not my earliest sighting.
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