Bird images - Pigeon, Doves, Cuckoo, Owls, Swifts, Kingfisher and Woodpeckers

The following images of pigeons, doves, cuckoo, owls, swifts, kingfisher, bee-eater, parrots and woodpeckers have been taken in their natural surroundings with minimal disturbance to the birds being photographed.

Doves & Pigeons

Woodpigeon at Etherley Moor, 3rd November 2024
Turtle Dove at Weeting, 3rd June 2022
Turtle Dove at Snettisham, 27th July 2021
Turtle Dove at Snettisham, 27th July 2021
Turtle Dove at Snettisham, 27th July 2021
Collared Dove at Easington, 4th July 2021
Oriental Turtle Dove at Easington, 4th July 2021
Stock Dove at Etherley Moor, 4th March 2021
Woodpigeon at Etherley Moor, 1st February 2021
Woodpigeon at Etherley Moor, 27th February 2020
Rock Dove at the Butt of Lewis, 17th May 2019
Woodpigeon at Etherley Moor, 17th April 2017
Turtle Dove in Norfolk, 21st June 2016
Stock Dove at Low Barns, 11th April 2015
Woodpigeon at Etherley Moor, 4th July 2012
Collared Dove at Etherley Moor, 4th July 2012

Cuckoo

Cuckoo in Weardale, 4th May 2025
Cuckoo in Weardale, 4th May 2025
Cuckoo in Weardale, 4th May 2025
Cuckoo in Weardale, 4th May 2025
Cuckoo at Zinc Road, 14th July 2007

Owls

Barn Owl at Etherley Moor, 18th March 2025
Barn Owl at Etherley Moor, 18th March 2025
Barn Owl at Etherley Moor, 18th March 2025
Long-eared Owl at Hurworth, 9th February 2025
Short-eared Owl in Upper Teesdale, 23rd March 2024
Barn Owl at Rosedale, 16th February 2024
Long-eared Owl at Haverton Scrub, 2nd January 2016.
Eurasian Scops Owl at Ryhope, 30th September 2017
Eurasian Scops Owl at Ryhope, 27th September 2017
Barn Owl at Etherley Moor, 11th March 2016
Tawny Owl at Low Barns, 5th May 2014
Long-eared Owl at Haverton Hole, 1st March 2014
Short-eared Owl at Seaton Common, 11th October 2008
Little Owl at Trow Quarry, 11th July 2008

Swifts

Pallid Swift at Hartlepool Headland, 11th November 2018
Little Swift at Hartlepool Headland, 11th November 2018
Common Swift at Escomb, 12th May 2016

Kingfisher

Kingfisher at Low Barns, 5th September 2021
Kingfisher at Low Barns, 23rd October 2016

Bee-eater

Bee-eater at Seaburn, 10th November 2012

Hoopoe

Hoopoe at The Needles, 20th May 2022
Hoopoe at Tindale, 21st October 2013

Parrots

Ring-necked Parakeet at Ward Jackson Park, 29th May 2017
Ring-necked Parakeet at Ward Jackson Park, 29th May 2017
Ring-necked Parakeet at Ward Jackson Park, 28th November 2008

Woodpeckers

Green Woodpecker at Bishops Park, 11th April 2024
Green Woodpecker at Bishops Park, 11th April 2024
Green Woodpecker at Bystock Pools, 7th August 2023
Green Woodpecker at Bystock Pools, 7th August 2023
Green Woodpecker at Cricklade, 21st July 2019
Green Woodpecker at Bishops Park, 22nd April 2018
Great Spotted Woodpecker at Low Barns, 27th March 2016
Green Woodpecker at Bishops Park, 24th August 2006
Lesser Spotted Woodpecker at Merrybent, September 2004

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