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after helping me plant some flowers, Mathews enjoyed some birdwatching. I need to brush up on my biology "What family of birds is the crow in?" "Is that a robin or a speckled robin?"
Big Garden Birdwatch day, I did 8-9am.
My totals were:
Blackcap 1
Blue Tit 2
Great Tit 2
Robin 1
Dunnock 1
Goldfinch 3
Wood Pidgeon 2
Chaffinch 2
Blackbird 3
Long-tailed tit 3
House Sparrow 23
It was heavily overcast with light raining much of the day. I found that by waiting until the birds came to minimum focus on my 400mm lens and using flash at 1/200 and shooting on Raw, I could get reasonable results. Given the prevailing conditions these photos aren't bad.
By 3:30pm it was almost dark again, hence the dar background.
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Our Back Garden, Finglas Dublin
[order] Columbiformes | [family] Columbidae | [latin] Streptopelia decaocto | [UK] Collared-Dove | [FR] Tourterelle turque | [DE] Türkentaube | [ES] Tórtola Turca | [IT] Tortora dal collare orientale | [NL] Turkse Tortel | [IRL] Fearán baicdhubh
Measurements
spanwidth min.: 47 cm
spanwidth max.: 55 cm
size min.: 31 cm
size max.: 33 cm
Breeding
incubation min.: 14 days
incubation max.: 18 days
fledging min.: 15 days
fledging max.: 19 days
broods 4
eggs min.: 1
eggs max.: 2
One of Ireland's top-20 most widespread garden birds.
Status: Resident in towns and villages throughout Ireland.
Conservation Concern: Green-listed in Ireland. The European population has been evaluated as Secure.
Identification: A medium sized dove. Best identified from its narrow black, white edged, bar across the side of its neck. A rather uniformly coloured pale grey bird with dark outer wing feathers.
Similar Species: Turtle Dove.
Call: Trisyllabic coo, repeated several times.
Diet: Cereal grain, seeds and fruits of herbs and grasses, sometimes green parts and invertebrates.
Breeding: A recent colonist, it arrived in Ireland in 1959, after a rapid expansion through Europe in the preceding decades. It is now a widespread bird in Ireland but it shows a marked preference for suburbs, small towns and cereal growing areas. In the wider countryside it is only found in lowland areas and often in the vicinity of farm buildings, tends to avoid open countryside. Breeds in the dense foliage of trees. Nest a small flimsy flat platform of fine twigs. Usually two eggs.
Wintering: Similar to breeding distribution.
Where to See: Easy to see in nearly any small town or village throughout Ireland.