Common Woodpigeon

The particularly large pigeon with white patches on its neck in a Dublin park is often a Woodpigeon. It is bulkier than a city pigeon, with a softly pink-purple breast.

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Finding guide

Start close to home

Choose the season, find the habitat, then watch patiently. Search guidance is not a measure of rarity or conservation status.

When to go: All year
Where to start: Phoenix Park, St Stephen’s Green, Merrion Square and suburban gardens.
What to do when you arrive: In parks with mature trees, check lawns and then branches. Look for the large build and white wing patches in flight; juveniles may lack a white neck patch.

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SPECIES NOTESSpecies notes

How to identify it

Grey body, pinkish breast and white neck patches in adults. Broad white wing-bars show in flight. Juveniles lack the neck patches, so check size and wing pattern too.

Habitat

Parks, gardens, woodland edges, farmland and leafy residential areas.

Behaviour

Feeds on seeds, leaves and fruit on the ground and in trees. Its display flight rises with clapping wings before a glide.

When to look

All year

Where to look

Phoenix Park, St Stephen’s Green, Merrion Square and suburban gardens.

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