wood pigeon

This year it dropped from third to fourth place behind the tree sparrow, the blue tit and the wood pigeon.

Species that, decades ago, were rarely seen in gardens - like goldfinches and wood pigeons - are now regular visitors.

When I wake, it is to the sound of wood pigeons, and piano practice, and Sunday church bells.

Once there was an article on wood pigeons, and as I read it aloud it seemed to me that once again I was in the deep woods at Manderley, with pigeons fluttering above my head.

In 2017, he tweeted: “To all you NG fanboys, I can and will sing any song he wrote bigger, better than him, even if I was kicked in the bollox by a wood pigeon.”