County Durham: blackbird; woodpigeon;
feral pigeon; house sparrow; great tit; blue tit; starling; carrion crow; magpie; robin.
Keywords:
Feral pigeons, Fungal infections, Antifungal resistance.
Some experts recognize as many as 28 different feather colors and patterns among
feral pigeons, ranging from pure white to virtually pitch-black.
Keywords:
Feral pigeon, population density, sex ratio, age group.
And note, wild-living, former racing and homing pigeons often fly with
feral pigeons but these birds are strictly protected as they are still regarded as the property of their original owner.
Chaffinch; Blackbird; Woodpigeon; Collared dove; Starling; Greenfinch; Robin; Dunnock; Blue tit; House sparrow;
Feral pigeon; Great tit; Goldfinch; Long-tailed tit; Magpie
In 2017 in the North East, the lowest numbers of sparrows and starlings per garden were seen in Tyne and Wear, where the wood pigeon occupied fourth place and the
feral pigeon ninth, with the magpie at eight.
In a single year, a
feral pigeon can eat its way through 64 lbs of food.
It is even outnumbering the town-dwelling
feral pigeon, the famous inhabitant of London's Trafalgar Square, in the capital's gardens, the BTO said.