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| Wood pigeon on the move |
I noticed some big movements of wood pigeon over the
weekend, flying high in a westerly direction. Most autumns we see big flocks of
pigeons flying along the south coast, sometimes westwards and sometimes
straight out to sea heading towards France. On the 14th of November ornithologists
counted 45,000 moving over Chichester harbour and on the 10th a count came from
South Wales where 156,000 were counted in 4 hours.
We get flocks arriving from the continent and a general movement to the south and west, related to cold air and food sources – although this year there is so much food around, they should have an easy time of it this winter.
We get flocks arriving from the continent and a general movement to the south and west, related to cold air and food sources – although this year there is so much food around, they should have an easy time of it this winter.
The local pigeons seemed to be mainly feeding on beech mast,
with large flocks clattering away from under these trees as I approached. Hopefully, with abundant source of natural food around this year, farmer's oil seed rape crops will be left alone at least until the new year anyway!
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