Common Woodpigeon
Columba palumbus
Nottinghamshire, England - June 2013
Over the last century the population of Woodpigeons in Britain (and most of Europe) has significantly expanded, largely due to its colonisation of urban parks and gardens. It is now one of Britain's commonest birds.
Nottinghamshire, England - February 2013
Nottinghamshire, England - April 2010
Nottinghamshire, England - March 2010 |
Norfolk, England - November 2009 |
Nottinghamshire, England - April 2010
Inverness-shire, Scotland - July 2003
Borders, Scotland - September 2002
Borders, Scotland - September 2002 |
Juvenile - Dumfriesshire, Scotland - November 2002 |
Juveniles have browner plumage than the adults and lack the white neck patch.
Juvenile - Dumfriesshire, Scotland - November 2002
It was quite a cold evening when I photographed the above juvenile and, after its acrobatic display of berry-eating, it seemed far more concerned with burying its bill as deeply as possible in its breast feathers than it was about me standing less than 10m away.
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