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Bird Sightings : Hebrides : Woodpigeon

 

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Woodpigeon

(Common Woodpigeon)

Columba palumbus

Gaelic: Calman Coille

 

• Woodpigeon
• Columba palumbus
• Gaelic: Calman Coille
• WI: Uncommon resident breeder (10-99 breeding pairs) in Lewis, scarce passage visitor elsewhere (very small numbers each year)

 

Woodpigeon records in the Western Isles

Uncommon resident breeder (10-99 breeding pairs) in Lewis, scarce passage visitor elsewhere (very small numbers each year)
(Source: Outer Hebrides Bird Report)

On the chart below the darker the shade of blue the more abundant the Woodpigeon is during a month or the more likely you are to see it.

J	F	M	A	M	J	J	A	S	O	N	D

(Source: Outer Hebrides Birds Checklist)

 

 

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