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Aren't woodpigeons wonderful at this time of year?

They're everywhere, mainly in pairs still, in the stubble fields, by the sides of the lanes, up in the oaks looking for acorns, on the pasture looking for seeds .
They're very sleek and well marked now and I love watching all their different attitudes and flight modes.

It used to be a standing joke that Mrs would get quite excited by catching sight of some unfamiliar bird and say what's that and I'd say "pigeon" because they can look so differenet depending on what they're doing, or how they're flying.