Collared Dove

[Chocky]

Captured int he local park

[rolf]

Very nice Beryl, they are a very handsome bird.

[Chocky]

Thank you Rolf
Yes. I like them. They don't have the ugly 'Cere' that pigeons have and are also more slender. It makes them look so much nicer

[Merlin]

Yes I like the Collared Dove also and you won't need me to tell you they are a recently (not a hundred years ago or anything like) introduced species to our land. They have beautiful facial features.

Pete.

[Chocky]

Yes. Quite pretty in fact. Quite a few in the Manner gardens (a small park in the town centre)They spread across Europe in the early half of the 20th century.
They are now one of the commonest birds.