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I was at our works Christmas party on the 22nd and with a small hangover on the morning of the 23rd I was awoken by a woodpigeon cooing.

I don`t believe that the days are long enough yet to get them going and it certainly hasn`t been warm so I wonder why he was calling ?

 

Anyone else hearing them recently??

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I breed pure white racing pigeons for wedding and funeral releases etc.....and the shorter days, and colder weather has not detered them in the slightest from breeding.....presently I have 9 pairs down on eggs and another 3 pairs rearing.....My breeding loft is not artificailly lit or heated either.

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I was at our works Christmas party on the 22nd and with a small hangover on the morning of the 23rd I was awoken by a woodpigeon cooing.

I don`t believe that the days are long enough yet to get them going and it certainly hasn`t been warm so I wonder why he was calling ?

 

Anyone else hearing them recently??

 

 

yes they were calling here on xmas eve, i was working in the mornning and heard them at 7 o clock.said nothing because i thought you lot would think i was mad.

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  • 2 weeks later...

heard some cooing, plus noticed rooks fussing arouind their rookery sites and bluebells popping up. Must mean a very cold spell with a foot of snow in mid Feburary. I'm off climbing in the lakes then so thought I would order up some snow!! its happened before. :good:

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the woodies around this way have been calling and displaying all through the winter , this morning i saw a couple of coot chicks on a local reservoir, they looked about a week old.

edited to add . yesterday , me and a couple of guys at work were watching magpies nest building , (i really must get a job that involves actually doing some work).

over the christmas period a couple of us were in hereford working the ferrets , one of the does was full of embryo and on the way back we saw a rape field in full bloom .

it's all a bit strange as we should be under 12" of snow at this time of year.

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I was at our works Christmas party on the 22nd and with a small hangover on the morning of the 23rd I was awoken by a woodpigeon cooing.

I don`t believe that the days are long enough yet to get them going and it certainly hasn`t been warm so I wonder why he was calling ?

 

Anyone else hearing them recently??

 

I don't suppose the party hangover had anything to do with it did it HD? :good:

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I was at our works Christmas party on the 22nd and with a small hangover on the morning of the 23rd I was awoken by a woodpigeon cooing.

I don`t believe that the days are long enough yet to get them going and it certainly hasn`t been warm so I wonder why he was calling ?

 

Anyone else hearing them recently??

 

I don't suppose the party hangover had anything to do with it did it HD? :lol:

 

Your just jealous cause the voices only talk to Henry :good:

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Well its getting silly down my way, after visiting the hospital this morning and returning to the car theres a strip of pine trees beside the carpark i heard a few woodpigeon mating calls, to check it out as i walked up beside trees i couldnt beleive that i see woodpigeon minding the nest about 8 foot up so being even more nosey i had to climb up too look in and yes i saw what appeared to be two eggs?, so strange this time of the year, then returning to call i see the woodpigeon on the end of the roof of the building doing there mating dance and call at other woodpigeon, all i was thinking about was im going to nail you one of these days any one else seen same thing lately

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heard some cooing, plus noticed rooks fussing arouind their rookery sites and bluebells popping up. Must mean a very cold spell with a foot of snow in mid Feburary. I'm off climbing in the lakes then so thought I would order up some snow!! its happened before. :good:

And it's happened again! Just slightly earlier than you intended. :good:

 

I heard a few pigeons cooing on the first of Feb but havn't heard any since. Perhaps the cold has shut them up. :P

 

FM :P

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