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Woodpigeon

Columba palumbus

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Field Notes

Description:

The UK's largest and commonest pigeon, it is largely grey with a white neck patch and white wing patches, clearly visible in flight. Although shy in the countryside it can be tame and approachable in towns and cities. Its cooing call is a familiar sound in woodlands as is the loud clatter of its wings when it flies away. (RSPB website)

Notes:

Sitting on top of Anne Hathaway's Cottage in Stratford on Avon.

Reference Links:

Common Wood Pigeon, The RSPB: Woodpigeon

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