How many notes in a call?
Collared Doves make a three-note call. “Coo-COO-Coo”. Woodpigeons make a lower pitched, more gravelly five-note call. “Coo-COO-Coo Coo-Coo” Neither of them are …
Streptopelia decaocto
There’s a Collared Dove cooing in the garden. Coo-COO-Coo. Again and again. Those three syllables again and again. Coo-COO-Coo. The Collared Dove’s …
Collared Dove
We were standing underneath a Long-Eared Owl roost in Italy, inspecting owl pellets, when a Collared Dove flew past. I couldn’t resist …
Collared
I don’t know why, but I’ve never got close to a Collared Dove. Not in Devon, not in Italy, not in Orkney. …
Collared Doves
There are a million pairs of Collared Doves in the UK, which is remarkable because there weren’t any in the country in …