Wood pigeon(Columba palumbus)
The UK's largest and commonest pigeon, it is largely grey with a white neck patch and white wing patches, clearly visible in flight. Although shy in the countryside it can be tame and approachable in towns and cities. Its cooing call is a familiar sound in woodlands as is the loud clatter of its wings when it flies away.
I do like pigeons - I hit one once in the car and I was distraught for ages! Have got loads in the garden as you do but it would be nice to see a bigger variety of birds there! I have recently moved and don't have as many birds in my new garden - I used to get bullfinches, goldfinches, long tailed tits, greenfinches, woodpeckers, all sorts - now it's just pigeons, blackbirds and sparrows, but trying my best to coax them in as I know they are about!
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