Blackpowder Posted December 31, 2006 Report Share Posted December 31, 2006 Do any members have hard evidence that there is a migration of woodpigeon from Scandanavian countries to the Great Britain in the winter months. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
arnold Posted December 31, 2006 Report Share Posted December 31, 2006 yes, Scandinavian wood pigeons are migratory and may pass across the uk on the autumnal migration to france and spain but some like to stay here for the winter thay look the same but more browner on the chest and back. as for the uk wood pigeon you see them all year round so it go to show thay do migrate thay just move around alot to different feeding grounds Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Country Boy Posted December 31, 2006 Report Share Posted December 31, 2006 Thats funny I've shot woodpigeons in Scandinavia and they look just like the ones here?! CB Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
marco you missed another one Posted January 1, 2007 Report Share Posted January 1, 2007 Abslolutly, We do have some very hard evidence of SCANDINAVIAN Birds comming to the UK, they look a bit on the blondy than the UK ones Marco Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paul in North Lincs. Posted January 1, 2007 Report Share Posted January 1, 2007 I tend to find that the scandy birds are smaller with much larger breasts....................oooooohhh eeeerr missus Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
scolopax Posted January 1, 2007 Report Share Posted January 1, 2007 In ten years working on oil rigs in the northern North Sea I've only seen one woodpigeon offshore. Many other species of birds from tiny goldcrests to herons but only one woody. Plenty of lost racers though! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Highlander Posted January 2, 2007 Report Share Posted January 2, 2007 Happy New Year to everyone and all the best for 2007. This really is a real old chestnut! And an old wives tale to boot…it was long argued (back in the good ol’ days) that we did get an influx of ‘foreign’ pigeons during the winter months but since the advent of satellite cameras it’s been well and truly discounted. Continental birds do migrate but not over the North Sea to the UK. They generally go south via well-documented flight lines overland. The brown-er colouration of the birds you are seeing is because they are youngsters, maybe only off the nest since October. Check the white neck rings, almost absent or certainly not fully developed. If you look at a fully mature bird at this time of year it’s plumage is in full bloom. We are shooting quite a lot of these youngsters at the moment, they are a smaller size (not fully muscled up) and their plumage is brownish rather than true blue/grey. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lurcherboy Posted January 2, 2007 Report Share Posted January 2, 2007 Talking to scandinavian friends regular and they find it hard to believe. LB Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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