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streptopelia decaocto

  1. Creative meeting on a lamp

    Creative meeting on a lamp

    Eurasian collared dove
  2. Surreal ...

    Surreal ...

    Sunset ... ... at Keoladeo could be surreal ... __________________ Eurasian Collared Dove 12 January 2023
  3. Eurasian Collared Dove

    Eurasian Collared Dove

    Thank you for your comments, good birding! John
  4. Eurasian Collared Dove

    Eurasian Collared Dove

    Eurasian Collared Dove (Streptopelia decaocto)
  5. Eurasian Collared Doves

    Eurasian Collared Doves

    From 2017, taken shortly after mating. Since 2018, when the little row of evergreens they nested in at the back of a neighbour's garden was drastically reduced in height with a chain saw, I've seen only one Collared Dove (and fewer Goldcrests and Coal Tits). The doves are attractive birds and I...
  6. Collared Dove

    Collared Dove

  7. Eurasian Collared Dove

    Eurasian Collared Dove

    No Collared Doves here since 2018: I dug out this old shot as an emblem of peace (here's hoping). Thank you for your comments, stay safe and well. John
  8. Eurasian Collared Doves

    Eurasian Collared Doves

    A pair of Eurasian Collared Doves in the garden in Winter end of December 2020.
  9. Last sun rays of 2021

    Last sun rays of 2021

    I stayed with my parents from x-mas until today. A lot of rain past week. Thankfully, it was pretty sunny yesterday (today too) and I was able to capture this dove in the last sun rays of 2021 at our place. All the best for you in 2022.
  10. Collared Dove

    Collared Dove

  11. What did you say!

    What did you say!

    I try to make the most of the Collared Doves when they're around, as they just disappear for months at a time. Loved the look on this one's face - looks like someone being told off for something he's always done LOL
  12. Almost framed

    Almost framed

    He just needed to shift to the left a bit LOL. I think Collared Doves are rather attractive, there's often one about, though not quite all the year. For a few months I may get two and, rarely, more come along; think the record has been four (so far LOL) TTTW
  13. collared dove

    collared dove

    just a nice bird
  14. Eurasian collared dove

    Eurasian collared dove

  15. Eurasian Collared Dove landing.jpg

    Eurasian Collared Dove landing.jpg

    Eurasian Collared Dove (Streptopelia decaocto)
  16. Eurasian Collared Dove

    Eurasian Collared Dove

  17. Returnee

    Returnee

    I'd not seen a Collared Dove in the garden for some weeks, until I spotted this guy in the neighbour's tree. Obviously the cold spell brought him back. TTTW
  18. Eurasian Collared Dove, Bryan.jpg

    Eurasian Collared Dove, Bryan.jpg

    Eurasian Collared Dove (Streptopelia decaocto decaocto)
  19. Taken through the window

    Taken through the window

    ... for anyone wondering what TTTW means! ;) I'd not seen any Collared Doves for a while and this was only the second I'd managed to photograph this year. Does he look a strange angle to you... well he's half-way up the steep bank to the feeders, it's not high, but almost vertical. I really...
  20. The sun shone

    The sun shone

    Giving me a nice blue background for the Collared Dove up in the tree. Still rather chilly, as you can tell from his fluffed up appearance, but nothing like what was to come in a few weeks.
  21. Pioneer

    Pioneer

    Back home and a Collared Dove landed on my neighbour's roof. These are regular but occasional visitors, usually a pair visiting for a few weeks about 3 times a year. This, of course was the first visit for 2019, so possibly checking all was safe to bring his partner in.
  22. Collared Dove

    Collared Dove

    Peek-a-boo between the twigs.
  23. Pitfalls

    Pitfalls

    The trouble with this picture was threefold.. shooting through the double-glazing, it was raining and the rain was hitting the window (that's unusual). But I find these little doves so cute, I had to try and get a picture of him. TTTW
  24. Screened

    Screened

    I've been visited by Collared Doves this winter. There's often a pair making occasional visits two or three times a year but I've had up to 5 this time and almost daily. Got this one on the roof of my downstairs neighbour's shed. TTTW
  25. 56-Tourterelle turque Streptopelia decaocto Collared Dove- 16 avril 2020.jpg

    56-Tourterelle turque Streptopelia decaocto Collared Dove- 16 avril 2020.jpg

    Tourterelle turque - Streptopelia decaocto - Collared Dove
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