Ok I have googled pigeons,
Ah the RSPB site says breeds in April, incubation 17 days, fledge in 29-35 days

Pidge!!

I'm wondering if this is a juvinile bird from last year.

My Grannie always told me they said "take two cows Taffy" but thats another story
Here is a picture of an adult there are clear differences.

Taffy up here means Toffee, so am not sure about that!

It looks like a juvenile Wood Pigeon to me. My Dad used to have racing pigeons and the youngsters always had that fluffy look about them before their adult feathers came through

"The Birds of the Western Palearctic" say

"egg-laying from March to November. Considerable variation even within countries, with urban birds in Britain nesting signiciantly earlier (starting second half of February) then rural (starting second half of March to second half of April); peak laying period for urban birds second half of April and first half of May, and for rural first half of July to first half of September."

I was slightly wrong when I said ALL year round, when in fact there are 4 months when they don't lay.

Helen

Yep, young woodpidgeon

They do taste yummy!!

And you can make gravy out of the Trichomoniasis



Snorri

Isn't the beak a bit long to be young?? It looks really long which made me think it was an older bird...

However - I know nothing about birds so am genuinely interested to know about the beak!

We get a few woodpigeons around here... they're huge and look beautiful.

We sadly lost one when we were having the garden secured because it was so used to flying through to next door that it didn't notice the concrete post that had gone up ready for the fence panels Possibly not the brightest of birds?

Hello yes? Did somebody call?

;o)

I got it