{"id":380,"date":"2024-10-08T13:55:44","date_gmt":"2024-10-08T12:55:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/nl\/bantonbeasties\/?p=380"},"modified":"2024-11-04T13:35:52","modified_gmt":"2024-11-04T13:35:52","slug":"wood-pigeon","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/nl\/bantonbeasties\/2024\/10\/08\/wood-pigeon\/","title":{"rendered":"Wood Pigeon"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Wood pigeons are the biggest bird in the pigeon family<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-media-text alignwide is-stacked-on-mobile has-tertiary-background-color has-background\"><figure class=\"wp-block-media-text__media\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"400\" height=\"400\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/nl\/public\/bantonbeasties\/uploads\/sites\/40319\/2024\/10\/09144839\/IMG_0156.jpeg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-411 size-full\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/nl\/public\/bantonbeasties\/uploads\/sites\/40319\/2024\/10\/09144839\/IMG_0156.jpeg 400w, https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/nl\/public\/bantonbeasties\/uploads\/sites\/40319\/2024\/10\/09144839\/IMG_0156-300x300.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/nl\/public\/bantonbeasties\/uploads\/sites\/40319\/2024\/10\/09144839\/IMG_0156-150x150.jpeg 150w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 400px) 100vw, 400px\" \/><\/figure><div class=\"wp-block-media-text__content\">\n<p class=\"has-tertiary-background-color has-background\"><strong>Description<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>They are found on farmland and woodland they are also becoming more common in city\u2019s and towns. And they have yellow and white beak with a neck marking and some blue. We also see them in our playground.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-media-text alignwide has-media-on-the-right is-stacked-on-mobile has-tertiary-background-color has-background\"><div class=\"wp-block-media-text__content\">\n<p><strong>Behaviour &amp; lifecycle<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Until they are around 16 weeks old young birds lack the neck markings and have a duller beak. They breed throughout the whole year and make a small platform out of sticks they are mostly in trees but they can be seen on the sides of a building or even on the ground.<\/p>\n<\/div><figure class=\"wp-block-media-text__media\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"400\" height=\"300\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/nl\/public\/bantonbeasties\/uploads\/sites\/40319\/2024\/10\/09144851\/IMG_0155.jpeg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-413 size-full\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/nl\/public\/bantonbeasties\/uploads\/sites\/40319\/2024\/10\/09144851\/IMG_0155.jpeg 400w, https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/nl\/public\/bantonbeasties\/uploads\/sites\/40319\/2024\/10\/09144851\/IMG_0155-300x225.jpeg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 400px) 100vw, 400px\" \/><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-media-text alignwide is-stacked-on-mobile has-tertiary-background-color has-background\"><figure class=\"wp-block-media-text__media\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"400\" height=\"400\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/nl\/public\/bantonbeasties\/uploads\/sites\/40319\/2024\/10\/09144749\/IMG_0158.jpeg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-409 size-full\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/nl\/public\/bantonbeasties\/uploads\/sites\/40319\/2024\/10\/09144749\/IMG_0158.jpeg 400w, https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/nl\/public\/bantonbeasties\/uploads\/sites\/40319\/2024\/10\/09144749\/IMG_0158-300x300.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/nl\/public\/bantonbeasties\/uploads\/sites\/40319\/2024\/10\/09144749\/IMG_0158-150x150.jpeg 150w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 400px) 100vw, 400px\" \/><\/figure><div class=\"wp-block-media-text__content\">\n<p><strong>Food\/what they eat<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>They eat seeds, grains, nuts, sprouts, cabbages, peas, berries and sometimes insects likes snails and earthworms.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-media-text alignwide has-media-on-the-right is-stacked-on-mobile has-tertiary-background-color has-background\"><div class=\"wp-block-media-text__content\">\n<p><strong>Predators&nbsp;<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>They are eaten by foxes, badgers, sparrow hawks and falcons.<\/p>\n<\/div><figure class=\"wp-block-media-text__media\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"400\" height=\"318\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/nl\/public\/bantonbeasties\/uploads\/sites\/40319\/2024\/10\/09144906\/IMG_0154.jpeg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-415 size-full\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/nl\/public\/bantonbeasties\/uploads\/sites\/40319\/2024\/10\/09144906\/IMG_0154.jpeg 400w, https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/nl\/public\/bantonbeasties\/uploads\/sites\/40319\/2024\/10\/09144906\/IMG_0154-300x239.jpeg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 400px) 100vw, 400px\" \/><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>Interesting facts<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-white-background-color has-background\">There is 5.4 million pairs of wood pigeons in the UK and the number seem to be rising. They live for 4 years most of the time but it\u2019s been proven they can live for 16 years or more.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Wood pigeons are the biggest bird in the pigeon family Description They are found on farmland and woodland they are also becoming more common in city\u2019s and towns. And they have yellow and white beak with a neck marking and some blue. We also see them in our playground. 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