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zwartbles

  • Joined Sep 2011
Collared Doves
« on: July 14, 2016, 07:19:17 am »
We really look after our wildlife in Norfolk. Special nest sites with satellite TV and broadband.
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Fleecewife

  • Joined May 2010
    • South Lanarkshire
    • ScotHebs
Re: Collared Doves
« Reply #1 on: July 14, 2016, 09:50:07 am »
Brilliant  :roflanim:  Although that nest could do with a bit of housekeeping  :yuck:

I really love collared doves - so gentle.
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zwartbles

  • Joined Sep 2011
Re: Collared Doves
« Reply #2 on: July 14, 2016, 11:15:23 am »
They have an interesting method of nest construction. Lay a few sticks down then sit and s**t on them for a week to form a nice firm bowl :excited: .
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Fleecewife

  • Joined May 2010
    • South Lanarkshire
    • ScotHebs
Re: Collared Doves
« Reply #3 on: July 14, 2016, 01:15:43 pm »
A bit like wattle and daub then  8)
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zwartbles

  • Joined Sep 2011
Re: Collared Doves
« Reply #4 on: July 14, 2016, 02:32:22 pm »
Also available as a nursery!
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Fleecewife

  • Joined May 2010
    • South Lanarkshire
    • ScotHebs
Re: Collared Doves
« Reply #5 on: July 14, 2016, 06:22:10 pm »
Oh babies  :love:   Ours only ever seem to have one chick, at least one reaches fledging.
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"Let's not talk about what we can do, but do what we can"

There is NO planet B - what are YOU doing to save our home?

Do something today that your future self will thank you for - plant a tree

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zwartbles

  • Joined Sep 2011
Re: Collared Doves
« Reply #6 on: July 14, 2016, 07:28:28 pm »
Or even as a cafeteria!!!!!!!!! :excited:
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Fleecewife

  • Joined May 2010
    • South Lanarkshire
    • ScotHebs
Re: Collared Doves
« Reply #7 on: July 14, 2016, 10:02:25 pm »
Do you have a webcam trained on the nest, to get all these great pics?
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Do something today that your future self will thank you for - plant a tree

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zwartbles

  • Joined Sep 2011
Re: Collared Doves
« Reply #8 on: July 15, 2016, 05:01:10 pm »
No, I just lean out of the bedroom window!
Chicks mother spends most of the day sitting on the ridge of the roof neglecting them.
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zwartbles

  • Joined Sep 2011
Re: Collared Doves
« Reply #9 on: August 24, 2016, 06:59:08 pm »
2nd brood now out and about. They breed like rabbits............only higher up  :)
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Fleecewife

  • Joined May 2010
    • South Lanarkshire
    • ScotHebs
Re: Collared Doves
« Reply #10 on: September 04, 2016, 12:42:58 pm »
I'm learning a lot from you zwartbles about collared doves.  For example I didn't even know they had more than one brood a year.  I'm fairly sure the pair we have around have not got more young.  There aren't many baby rabbits either  ;D
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"Let's not talk about what we can do, but do what we can"

There is NO planet B - what are YOU doing to save our home?

Do something today that your future self will thank you for - plant a tree

 Love your soil - it's the lifeblood of your land.

zwartbles

  • Joined Sep 2011
Re: Collared Doves
« Reply #11 on: September 05, 2016, 10:44:20 am »
If you put up bunny boxes-not too high-I'm sure they would help to increase the bunny population.
And you would know exactly where to find them when you wanted bunny pie  :excited: .
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waterbuffalofarmer

  • Joined Apr 2014
    • Mid Wales
  • Owner of 61 Mediterranean water buffaloes
Re: Collared Doves
« Reply #12 on: September 05, 2016, 04:49:58 pm »
we have a pair of homing pigeons nesting in our building and they come back every year, possibly with one more pigeon a time, last years brood I think. So far they have reared only 1-2 chicks between them. We also have a pair of collared doves which come into the garden after I have let hens out, they prance around on top of the hens runs until a sudden movement sends them flying away to the nearest fencepost or telegraph pole :) Personally I love them!
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Marches Farmer

  • Joined Dec 2012
    • Herefordshire
Re: Collared Doves
« Reply #13 on: September 23, 2016, 05:55:20 pm »
"Our" pair built three nests before finally settling down to hatch some eggs, but raised three broods of two each time. 
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zwartbles

  • Joined Sep 2011
Re: Collared Doves
« Reply #14 on: October 19, 2016, 03:38:53 pm »
Would you believe it!
Brood three.
Collared Doves are going for world supremacy!!
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