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Wood Pigeon activity

StillLearningStillLearning Posts: 261
in Wildlife gardening

Just noticed this morning one of the resident pairs of wood pigeons mating.......

Seems a few weeks early.... I know our seasons are becoming out of sync but does seem a little too early we are in south east Oxfordshire

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  • DovefromaboveDovefromabove Posts: 88,147
    St. Valentine’s Day tomorrow ... tradition is that the date was chosen as that’s when the birds choose their mates ... I believe both Chaucer and Shakespeare wrote about it. 

    However I don’t think the woodies around here know their Eng. Lit. ... they’ve been amorous since at least New Year ... 🥰😉

    Gardening in Central Norfolk on improved gritty moraine over chalk ... free-draining.





  • wild edgeswild edges Posts: 10,497
    Pigeons don't have a breeding season, they'll nest all year round if food supplies allow.
    If you can keep your head, while those around you are losing theirs, you may not have grasped the seriousness of the situation.
  • StillLearningStillLearning Posts: 261
    :)  Ah Ha that makes sense wild edges but love Dove's theory of St Val
  • DovefromaboveDovefromabove Posts: 88,147
    I’m such a romantic 🥰🙃

    Gardening in Central Norfolk on improved gritty moraine over chalk ... free-draining.





  • B3B3 Posts: 27,505
    I've never noticed fledgelings or immature ones though. We've an overabundance  of adults.
    In London. Keen but lazy.
  • DovefromaboveDovefromabove Posts: 88,147
    By the time they fledge they’re as big as and look more or less like adults. 

    Gardening in Central Norfolk on improved gritty moraine over chalk ... free-draining.





  • wild edgeswild edges Posts: 10,497
    A lot like humans in that respect :|
    If you can keep your head, while those around you are losing theirs, you may not have grasped the seriousness of the situation.
  • FireFire Posts: 19,096
    That's why we never see baby pigeons.
  • LiriodendronLiriodendron Posts: 8,328
    edited February 2020
    They nested under the railway bridge on the minor road between my former home and the shops.  You could hear baby pigeons cheeping more or less all year round...
    Since 2019 I've lived in east Clare, in the west of Ireland.
  • StillLearningStillLearning Posts: 261

    were they wood pigeons or the grey city pigeon ?  Not the prettiest of babies

    Image result for image of baby wood pigeon

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