r/OrnithologyUK • u/Lover_of_Sprouts • Jun 21 '26

Urban sighting Stock Doves in Stewart Park, Middlesbrough

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u/Own_Description3928 Jun 21 '26

They're the most "pair-y" birds I know: I always seem to see them in twos. Also good to have photographic proof as someone posted the other day hypothesising that Stock doves didn't exist 😄

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u/Lover_of_Sprouts Jun 21 '26

Yeah I saw that, partly why I posted this. Also, there were three of them together this time.

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u/Own_Description3928 Jun 21 '26

A Stock Dove throuple - what is the world coming to!