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Birds seen on sea-cliffs and rocky islands in the UK: Rock Dove |
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Avibase - Rock Pigeon, Columba
livia http://www.bsc-eoc.org/avibase/avibase.jsp?pg=summary&lang=EN& id=CD752F37C71DA92E&ts=1121711402532/ Releases long list of alternative names for the rock dove including order, family, scientific, and protonym. Also find translations into twelve languages. |
| BirdPhotography - Rock Dove
http://www.birdphotography.co.uk/RockDove.htm Investigate this friendless bird with this colour photograph of the species drinking melting snow. States location in Spain where shot. |
| Birds and Animals - Feral
Pigeon http://www.birdsandanimals.info/bcp/pictures/birds/gb02_04_20_3.htm Download colour image and appreciate the extraordinary range of merging colours that make up this bird’s plumage. Records name of photographer, location shot, and year. |
| BTO - Rock Dove(Pigeon),
Columba livia http://blx1.bto.org/birdfacts/results/bob6650.htm Peruse fact sheet about dove that has a huge population in Britain. Read about growing population, distribution, breeding, survival, and biometrics. |
| Digital Wildlife - Feral
Pigeon, Rock Dove http://www.digitalwildlife.co.uk/birds/feralpig.htm Study large close-up colour photograph of feral pigeon and recognize the subtle pattern and changing colour of plumage. Brief history of species origins. |
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Peterborough Bird Club: Annual
Report - Rock Dove
http://www.pbc.codehog.co.uk/report/dove_rock.html Check out field study reports from UK bird club that suggests the rock dove has become a regular prey for a sparrow hawk. Records sightings over six year period. |
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Royal Society for Protection of Birds - Rock Dove,
Columba livia |
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University of Leeds - Rise of the
Rock Dove, The http://www.leeds.ac.uk/trs/dove.pdf Review this humorous poem written from the rock dove’s point of view that explains a great deal about its character, good looks, and ability to teach other pigeons. |
| US Geological Survey - Rock
dove, Columba livia http://www.mbr-pwrc.usgs.gov/id/framlst/i3131id.html Offers seven points of identification to make accurate sighting of this dove easy. Supported by range of colour images. |
| Wikipedia - Rock Dove http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rock_dove Inquire into pigeon that has colonized just about every city centre in the world. Includes colour image showing the species with huge range of plumage variation. |
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Birds on sea-cliffs & islands in the UK
