Dear Readers, I was a bit taken aback when I looked out of the window this morning and saw this pigeon lookalike. At first (and without my glasses on) I thought that it was a young woodpigeon, but on closer inspection it was clearly a stock dove – the dark eyes, the very nice iridescent patterning on the neck and the broken bars on the wings mark it out. This is a bird that’s hiding ‘in plain sight’ – they can often be spotted in Coldfall Wood, but it’s the first time that one has visited the garden.
This brings my total number of species spotted in the garden to 36 – not too bad for a suburban garden!
- Grey Heron
- Sparrowhawk
- Rock Dove (feral pigeon)
- Woodpigeon
- Stock Dove
- Collared Dove
- Ring-necked parakeet
- Great spotted woodpecker
- Jay
- Magpie
- Carrion Crow
- Jackdaw
- Blackbird
- Song Thrush
- Redwing
- Fieldfare
- Long-tailed tit
- Great Tit
- Blue Tit
- Coal Tit
- Wren
- Dunnock
- Robin
- Blackcap
- Chiffchaff
- Goldcrest
- Pied Wagtail
- Grey Wagtail
- House Sparrow
- Brambling
- Chaffinch
- Common Redpoll
- Siskin
- Greenfinch
- Goldfinch
- Starling
Thank you for your bird list: it is great to note the birds that have visited your garden!
Wow!
I can add a few to that list but there are some I’ve not seen here. We regularly get green woodpeckers and occasionally, we see a red kite go overhead. Buzzards are always around too. An excellent list nonetheless.