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Stock Dove, West Midlands (1 Viewer)

luckyosprey4

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Around midday today, two doves flew into my garden and landed in a tree. I noticed that in flight they were smaller than Woodpigeon but seemed different to feral Rock Dove. I am pretty sure that they were Stock Dove but could someone please confirm whether they are or not?

Many thanks in advance,

Chris
 

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I live beside a dual carriageway and on the other side are farmers fields and horse paddocks so presumably they came from there. Thanks for your prompt response.

Chris
 
Look like Stock Doves to me, I assume you're in quite a rural area?

Though I guess they're most associated with rural areas they are quite common in some of the larger parks in central London such as Kensington Gardens + Regent's Park, so not restricted to such places.
 
Though I guess they're most associated with rural areas they are quite common in some of the larger parks in central London such as Kensington Gardens + Regent's Park, so not restricted to such places.

Likewise, they're getting more common in parks and even in gardens in my part of the West Midlands. I see them regularly around Warley Woods, Dartmouth Park in West Bromwich and Edgbaston Reservoir as well as large numbers in Sandwell Valley.

Cheers,

Matt
 
Likewise, they're getting more common in parks and even in gardens in my part of the West Midlands. I see them regularly around Warley Woods, Dartmouth Park in West Bromwich and Edgbaston Reservoir as well as large numbers in Sandwell Valley.

Cheers,

Matt

When I said 'rural', I meant not an inner City garden, most of the places mentioned are basically the wide open areas that they like. I certainly don't see them in Nottingham but don't have to go more than a few miles from the City centre to find them.
 
Definitely Stock Doves. While they are less common in urban areas than Woodpigeons, I have seen them in the fairly inner-city (though large and well-wooded) Armley Park in Leeds.
 
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