Category Archives: Columbiformes

Pink-headed Fruit Dove

Columbiformes

Place: Waddesdon Manor aviaries, Buckinghamshire
Date: 1 May 2019.



[Ptilinopus porphyreus, Family Columbidae, Order Columbiformes, Wikipedia Entry: Pink-headed fruit dove]

The sound of the pink-headed fruit dove (borrowed from the Xeno-Canto website, recordist Bas van Balen)

Feral Pigeon Eating Mortar

Columbiformes

Place: Salamanca, Castille & Leon, Spain
Date: 27 August 2013.



Place: Bishop’s Palace, St. Davids, Pembrokeshire
Date: 20 July 2018.




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

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).

Forest Farm Collared Dove

Columbiformes

Place: Glamorganshire Canal, Forest Farm, Cardiff
Date: 16 February 2018.



[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).
Distribution and sightings of collared dove across the British Isles

Stock Dove

Columbiformes

Place: Bolderwood, New Forest, Hampshire
Date: 27 December 2018.


[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).

Forest Farm Wood Pigeons

Columbiformes

Place: Glamorganshire Canal, Forest Farm, Cardiff
Date: 19 December 2017.



Place: Hide #2, Forest Farm, Cardiff
Date: 21 April 2018.






Place: Glamorganshire Canal, Forest Farm, Cardiff
Date: 22 April 2018.


[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).
Distribution and sightings of the wood pigeon across the British Isles

Feral Pigeon Alternative Takeaway

Columbiformes

Place: Salisbury, Wiltshire
Date: 20 February 2011.

Person: “Yuk! That’s sick!”
Pigeon: “Yes, I know. Lovely, isn’t it?”


[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).

Welsh Collared Doves

Columbiformes

Place: Port Eynon, Gower
Dates: 14 September 2017.




Place: Sea wall near Goldcliff, east of Newport, Gwent
Dates: 2 April 2017.


Place: Back Garden, Tongwynlais, Cardiff
Dates: 4 November 2017.


Place: Back Garden, Tongwynlais, Cardiff
Dates: 5 September 2017.


[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).
Distribution and sightings of collared dove across the British Isles

Wood Pigeon Taking a Shower

Columbiformes

Place: Back Garden, Tongwynlais, Cardiff
Dates: 13 September 2017.




[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).
Distribution and sightings of the wood pigeon across the British Isles

Rock Pigeon

Columbiformes

Place: Laugharne Castle, Carmarthenshire
Dates: 23 September 2016.





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

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

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

Wood Pigeon Building a Nest

Columbiformes

Place: Back Garden, Tongwynlais, Cardiff
Date: 28 March 2017.







Place: Back Garden, Tongwynlais, Cardiff
Date: 31 March 2017.

[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).
Distribution and sightings of the wood pigeon across the British Isles