Wood Pigeon
The wood pigeon is both he largest and most common pigeon , mostly grey in colour with a white , green and purple neck and distinctive whit stripes on its wings. 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. In Britain populations are largely sedentary, seldom moving more than 10 miles from where they hatched, but northern European birds are strongly migratory, moving south towards the Mediterranean every autumn.
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Wood Pigeon
The wood pigeon is both he largest and most common pigeon , mostly grey in colour with a white , green and purple neck and distinctive whit stripes on its wings. 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. In Britain populations are largely sedentary, seldom moving more than 10 miles from where they hatched, but northern European birds are strongly migratory, moving south towards the Mediterranean every autumn.
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