May 17, 2006
Pigeons
The highlight of a quiet week in Orsay was spotting a Woodpigeon (Pigeon ramier) nest in an oak tree barely 15m from my lounge window. A common species in most of Europe, admittedly, but watching the nest-building...
mating...
and brooding
isn't helping my quest to get into work by 9am!
Last weekend saw me back in Southend-on-Sea, for the wedding of my oldest birding friend, Neil. We first went birding together 17 years ago - yikes! He and his new wife are off to Australia for three weeks - I hope she'll forgive me for lending Neil my Australian field guide... A walk along Southend seafront was pretty devoid of birds, but I liked the perch chosen by this impertinent Collared Dove (Tourterelle turque) - she's not amused!
