Thanks for the info chaps........bet ive seen at least a dozen today?.sods law
Doc Brewster said
Thu Dec 30 8:37 PM, 2021
The opposite has happened on my Newchurch Common patch with 7 years ago Collared Doves being absent totally but now seen on 99% of visits. To be fair it's probably just 1 or 2 pairs that have taken up residence so not a population explosion at all. They are still relatively common in the village where I live, Moulton in Cheshire too. But probably now outnumbered in our garden by Wood Pigeons.
Nick Hilton said
Thu Dec 30 8:18 PM, 2021
David
I think you are correct, the BTO's latest Breeding Bird Survey data would suggest a downward trend in the North West, from a peak in 2008.
If you enter Collared Dove into the below link, and the Region, you will see further info;
The opposite has happened on my Newchurch Common patch with 7 years ago Collared Doves being absent totally but now seen on 99% of visits. To be fair it's probably just 1 or 2 pairs that have taken up residence so not a population explosion at all. They are still relatively common in the village where I live, Moulton in Cheshire too. But probably now outnumbered in our garden by Wood Pigeons.
I think you are correct, the BTO's latest Breeding Bird Survey data would suggest a downward trend in the North West, from a peak in 2008.
If you enter Collared Dove into the below link, and the Region, you will see further info;
https://www.bto.org/our-science/projects/bbs/latest-results/trend-graphs
If interested, there is further information on the "Maps of population Density trends", access on the menu on the left hand of the page.
Cheers
Nick
Collared doves of late seem to much reduced in numbers, cant remember when i last noticed one ,or is it just me?