White Dove
Taken at Windemere on 10th July 2013 using Panasonic Lumix LX5 in macro mode.
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Taken at Hogganfield Loch on 20th October 2014 using Nikon D5200 with Sigma 150-500 mm zoom lens. Fact File

White Dove
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Local Names:		 Streptopelia risoria.
Columbiformes.
Columbidae.
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Flimsy nest of sticks and other debris, placed in trees, ledges or on the ground.
Seeds, fruits and plants.
Both sexes of Doves produce "crop milk" to feed their young, secreted by a sloughing of fluid-filled cells from the lining of the crop.
Young doves are called "squabs".
About 12 inches head to tail.
1 or 2
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As Feral Pigeon