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Originally Posted by Margaret Pilkington
I have been looking again at the bird....it could be a pigeon with delusions of grandeur. You know how snooty they can be in Lytham St Annes...they think they are royalty....just because t hey live there. 
Anyway here is another pic. I'll let you decide what it is. |
Oh yes they're definitely one up in Lytham - was going to say surprised they let you in but didn't want you to take it the wrong way...
Anyway - I reckon it's a woodpigeon - collared doves don't have the grey head and also you can see the white ring at the back of the neck in the second pic... and the beak is yellow but black in the dove. Dove is smaller too.
We have lots of both of them round here in the cemetery behind the house - they fight the seagulls for the bread we put out!
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