Feral Pigeon/Rock Dove

Columbiformes

Place: Montjuic, Barcelona, Catalunya, Spain
Date: 14 May 2016.

Place: Castelo Sesimbra, Setubal district, Portugal
Date: 9 September 2018.

Place: Roath Park Lake, Cardiff
Date: 10 November 2018.

Place: Innsbruck, Austria
Date: 18 August 2019.

Place: Pembrokeshire Coast Path near Manorbier
Date: 21 July 2020.

Place: Coast path south of St. Justinian, Pembrokeshire
Date: 16 July 2021.

Place: Lincoln Cathedral, Lincoln, Lincolnshire
Date: 3 November 2021.

Place: Tarbert Castle, Argyll, Scotland
Date: 7 June 2022.

Place: Cosmeston Lakes Medieval Village, Penarth
Date: 10 October 2022.

[Columba livia, Family Columbidae, Order Columbiformes, Wikipedia Entry: Rock dove]

The sound of the rock dove (borrowed from the Xeno-Canto website, recordist Stuart Fisher)

Distribution and sightings of the rock dove across the British Isles (borrowed and modified from the Bird Atlas Mapstore).

Stock Doves

Columbiformes

Place: Bird Hide #1, Forest Farm, Cardiff
Date: 5 April 2022.

Place: Glamorganshire Canal, Forest Farm, Cardiff
Date: 28 April 2022.

Place: Bird Hide #2, Forest Farm, Cardiff
Date: 17 December 2022.

Place: Bird Hide #2, Forest Farm, Cardiff
Date: 21 January 2023.

[Columba oenas, Family Columbidae, Order Columbiformes, Wikipedia Entry: Stock dove]

The sound of the stock dove (borrowed from the Xeno-Canto website, recordist Stuart Fisher)

Distribution and sightings of the stock dove across the British Isles (borrowed and modified from the Bird Atlas Mapstore).

Dodo Skeleton

Columbiformes

Place: Natural History Museum, London
Date: 26 October 2022.

[Raphus cucullatus†, Family Columbidae, Order Columbiformes, Wikipedia Entry: Dodo]

Victoria Crowned Pigeon

Columbiformes

Place: Marwell Zoo, near Winchester, Hampshire
Date: 7 August 2022.

[Goura victoria, Family Columbidae, Order Columbiformes, Wikipedia Entry: Victoria crowned pigeon]

The sound of the Victoria crowned pigeon (borrowed from the Xeno-Canto website, recordist Iain Woxvold)

Diamond Dove

Columbiformes

Place: Ardencraig Gardens, Isle of Bute, Scotland
Date: 21 June 2022.

[Geopelia cuneata, Family Columbidae, Order Columbiformes, Wikipedia Entry: Diamond dove]

The sound of the diamond dove (borrowed from the Xeno-Canto website, recordist Marc Anderson)

Distribution and sightings of the diamond dove across the British Isles (borrowed and modified from the Bird Atlas Mapstore).

Spotted Dove

Columbiformes

Place: Ardencraig Gardens, Isle of Bute, Scotland
Date: 21 June 2022.

[Spilopelia chinensis, Family Columbidae, Order Columbiformes, Wikipedia Entry: Spotted dove]

The sound of the spotted dove (borrowed from the Xeno-Canto website, recordist Ray Tsu 诸仁)

Selected Wood Pigeons

Columbiformes

Place: Lymington, New Forest
Date: 1 May 2016.

Place: Vendicari Nature Reserve, Sicily
Date: 25 May 2016.

Place: Glamorganshire Canal, Forest Farm, Cardiff
Date: 5 August 2018.

Place: Bird Hide #2, Forest Farm, Cardiff
Date: 24 July 2019.

Place: Williton, Somerset
Date: 19 July 2021.

Place: Oakham, Rutland
Date: 2 November 2021.

Place: Fishlake Meadows Nature Reserve, Romsey, Hampshire
Date: 18 November 2021.

Place: Glamorganshire Canal, Forest Farm, Cardiff
Date: 2 December 2021.

Place: Barge Canal, Fishlake Meadows Nature Reserve, Romsey, Hampshire
Date: 14 April 2022.

Place: Barge Canal, Fishlake Meadows Nature Reserve, Romsey, Hampshire
Date: 29 May 2022.

[Columba palumbus, Family Columbidae, Order Columbiformes, Wikipedia Entry: Common wood pigeon]

The sound of the wood pigeon (borrowed from the Xeno-Canto website, recordist Jelmer Poelstra)

Distribution and sightings of the wood pigeon across the British Isles (borrowed and modified from the Bird Atlas Mapstore).

Feral Pigeon on Lundy

Columbiformes

Place: Campsite, Lundy
Date: 29 June 2021.

Place: Dead Cow Point, Lundy
Date: 2 July 2021.

Place: North Lighthouse, Lundy
Date: 2 July 2021.

[Columba livia, Family Columbidae, Order Columbiformes, Wikipedia Entry: Feral pigeon]

The sound of the feral pigeon (borrowed from the Xeno-Canto website, recordist Stuart Fisher)

Distribution and sightings of the feral pigeon across the British Isles (borrowed and modified from the Bird Atlas Mapstore).

Selected Collared Doves

Columbiformes

Place: Back Garden, Tongwynlais, Cardiff
Date: 28 May 2020.

Place: Romsey, Hampshire
Date: 11 October 2020.

Place: Melin Tregwynt, Pembrokeshire
Date: 21 June 2021.

[Streptopelia decaocto, Family Columbidae, Order Columbiformes, Wikipedia Entry: Eurasian collared dove]

The sound of the collared dove (borrowed from the Xeno-Canto website, recordist David Farrow)

Distribution and sightings of the collared dove across the British Isles (borrowed and modified from the Bird Atlas Mapstore).

Stock Dove

Columbiformes

Place: Bird Hide #2, Forest Farm, Cardiff
Date: 15 March 2021.

Place: Glamorganshire Canal, Forest Farm, Cardiff
Date: 17 March 2021.

Place: Bird Hide #2, Forest Farm, Cardiff
Date: 13 July 2021.

Place: Bird Hide #2, Forest Farm, Cardiff
Date: 23 July 2021.

[Columba oenas, Family Columbidae, Order Columbiformes, Wikipedia Entry: Stock dove]

The sound of the stock dove (borrowed from the Xeno-Canto website, recordist Stuart Fisher)

Distribution and sightings of the stock dove across the British Isles (borrowed and modified from the Bird Atlas Mapstore).