Guest terry the rat Posted February 2, 2011 Report Share Posted February 2, 2011 Has anyone shot an albino or unusual coloured woodie, on one of my permissions there is a white one flying about but i have not been decoying when i have seen it but i got this unusual one at the weekend on the same permission :blink: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hoTshoT-16 Posted February 2, 2011 Report Share Posted February 2, 2011 thata what some of the woodies look like around my village i think they are feral crosses Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
les gedge Posted February 2, 2011 Report Share Posted February 2, 2011 Has anyone shot an albino or unusual coloured woodie, on one of my permissions there is a white one flying about but i have not been decoying when i have seen it but i got this unusual one at the weekend on the same permission :blink: hi bud thats a beauty i av ad white 1 3 browns my mate andy mittchell as ad blue mottled like yours in pattan Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest terry the rat Posted February 2, 2011 Report Share Posted February 2, 2011 (edited) thata what some of the woodies look like around my village i think they are feral crosses woodies wont cross with ferals had a hand reared woodie when i was a kid they wont have anything to do with other types of pigeon. This is a pure woodpigeon Edited February 2, 2011 by terry the rat Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dinodad Posted February 2, 2011 Report Share Posted February 2, 2011 Pure woodie that one....just a misfit. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
left & right Posted February 2, 2011 Report Share Posted February 2, 2011 Never seen out like that before, looks like a feral cross Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pykie Posted February 2, 2011 Report Share Posted February 2, 2011 I shot one a few years ago. Shot some blackies like it too, just an abnormality im guessing Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
badger.22cal Posted February 3, 2011 Report Share Posted February 3, 2011 how odd Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
woodymania Posted February 3, 2011 Report Share Posted February 3, 2011 Has anyone shot an albino or unusual coloured woodie, on one of my permissions there is a white one flying about but i have not been decoying when i have seen it but i got this unusual one at the weekend on the same permission :blink: Hi Terry yes i have shot unusual coloured woodys on my permission this year and last year some even had bars like a hawk on the tails This years one is what i would call a blonde colour very much lighter than the normal woody Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
M ROBSON Posted February 3, 2011 Report Share Posted February 3, 2011 (edited) We've had several white variations over the years with mottled colouring but only 2 fully white Woodies. This is from around 80,000 woodies shot over the last 11 years. IMAG0062 by mj robson, on Flickr Cheers, Mark. Edited February 3, 2011 by M ROBSON Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fisherman Mike Posted February 3, 2011 Report Share Posted February 3, 2011 woodies wont cross with ferals had a hand reared woodie when i was a kid they wont have anything to do with other types of pigeon. This is a pure woodpigeon MaleFeral (Feral pigeons, Rock Dove) have produced fertile hybrids with female Wood Pigeons I understand. I kept ornamental Pigeons as a lad and one of the Blue Cocks would try and **** anything with feathers. I often saw it courting female wood pigeons on the ridge of the roof and successfully sometimes. Without good examination of the iris its difficult to tell from the Photo but it wouldnt be impossible, very rare but not impossible. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest terry the rat Posted February 3, 2011 Report Share Posted February 3, 2011 MaleFeral (Feral pigeons, Rock Dove) have produced fertile hybrids with female Wood Pigeons I understand. I kept ornamental Pigeons as a lad and one of the Blue Cocks would try and **** anything with feathers. I often saw it courting female wood pigeons on the ridge of the roof and successfully sometimes. Without good examination of the iris its difficult to tell from the Photo but it wouldnt be impossible, very rare but not impossible. I stand corrected Mike I have just done a search on it. But I really cant see it happening in the wild Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest terry the rat Posted February 3, 2011 Report Share Posted February 3, 2011 We've had several white variations over the years with mottled colouring but only 2 fully white Woodies. This is from around 80,000 woodies shot over the last 11 years. IMAG0062 by mj robson, on Flickr Cheers, Mark. Wow that is an unusual one :o Is it more of a lavender colour than white,and were its eyes pink. Thanks for showing that one Mark Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
M ROBSON Posted February 3, 2011 Report Share Posted February 3, 2011 It was more an off white kind of grey where a pigeon would normally have darker feathers. You could make out the wing bars with darker wing tips and bars on the underside of the tail. You could just about make out the spot on the neck coming through as it was only a young bird. All the usual markings of a woodie just at the white end of the spectrum. No pink eyes though. Cheers, Mark. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest terry the rat Posted February 4, 2011 Report Share Posted February 4, 2011 It was more an off white kind of grey where a pigeon would normally have darker feathers. You could make out the wing bars with darker wing tips and bars on the underside of the tail. You could just about make out the spot on the neck coming through as it was only a young bird. All the usual markings of a woodie just at the white end of the spectrum. No pink eyes though. Cheers, Mark. If it had no pink eyes it is called a leucistic (spelling) very unusual. Its sort of the opposit of melanistic (all black) if you know what i mean :blink: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kyska Posted February 4, 2011 Report Share Posted February 4, 2011 Has anyone shot an albino or unusual coloured woodie, on one of my permissions there is a white one flying about but i have not been decoying when i have seen it but i got this unusual one at the weekend on the same permission :blink: Our barns are full of them! Exactly the same, I wasn't sure what they were so haven't been shooting them. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
M ROBSON Posted February 4, 2011 Report Share Posted February 4, 2011 I can assure you they aren't wood pigeons. Going by the birds we have shot in this area white variations of woodies are very rare. Less than 1 in 15,000! Cheers, Mark. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
henry d Posted February 4, 2011 Report Share Posted February 4, 2011 I concur with M R, as my area isn`t too far from his and I have seen one light coloured woodpigeon in flight, shot a very lightly patched one and had a patchy one in netting on my neighbours allotment and certainly haven`t heard of many more. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kyska Posted February 4, 2011 Report Share Posted February 4, 2011 I can assure you they aren't wood pigeons. Going by the birds we have shot in this area white variations of woodies are very rare. Less than 1 in 15,000! Cheers, Mark. We have loads of those brown speckled things in the collection yard, do we know what they are? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bunny_blaster Posted February 4, 2011 Report Share Posted February 4, 2011 Ive got this one in the freezer that i shot last year. Im sending it to a friend who does taxidermy. Cheers Ben Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
M ROBSON Posted February 4, 2011 Report Share Posted February 4, 2011 We have loads of those brown speckled things in the collection yard, do we know what they are? It's hard to say without seeing them but around a farmyard it's common to see Feral Pigeons and Collard Doves. Cheers, Mark. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Whitebridges Posted February 13, 2011 Report Share Posted February 13, 2011 I can assure you they aren't wood pigeons. Going by the birds we have shot in this area white variations of woodies are very rare. Less than 1 in 15,000! Cheers, Mark. Mark I would have said exactly the same as you. I went out today for a pretty unsucessful roost shoot and mate Nick shot this white woody.Took a couple of snaps, but will take some more in better light.The bird is in my garage.Definately a white woody and the first white one i've ever seen in more than forty years shooting 'em. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hushpower Posted February 13, 2011 Report Share Posted February 13, 2011 Has anyone shot an albino or unusual coloured woodie, on one of my permissions there is a white one flying about but i have not been decoying when i have seen it but i got this unusual one at the weekend on the same permission :blink: crossed with a buzzard randy things them buzzards Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
les gedge Posted July 9, 2011 Report Share Posted July 9, 2011 Has anyone shot an albino or unusual coloured woodie, on one of my permissions there is a white one flying about but i have not been decoying when i have seen it but i got this unusual one at the weekend on the same permission :blink: Pic of strange coloured pigeons (posted few months ago) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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