Steve Downer / Wood pigeon (Columba palumbus) feeding in a garden, flies to fence and then out of frame, Birmingham, England, UK, March.

Andy Trowbridge / Female Northern goshawk (Accipiter gentilis) perched on a branch in falling snow, with Wood pigeon (Columba palumbus) prey, Norway, January.

Andy Trowbridge / Female goshawk (Accipiter gentilis) hiding Wood pigeon (Columba palumbus) prey from passing crows. Southern Norway, February.

Robin Chittenden,Robin Chittenden / Wood Pigeon (Columba palumbus) Norwich, Norfolk, UK, March

Adrian Davies / Wood pigeon (Columba palumbus) sitting on nest. Surrey, England, UK. July.

Heather Angel / Wood pigeon (Columba palumbus) feeding on sweet petals of nectarless Feijoa (Acca sellowiana). Kew Gardens, London, England, UK. July.

Roger Powell / Common Woodpigeon (Columba palumbus) preening on a dead branch. Druridge, Northumberland, England, UK. April.

Andy Sands / Wood pigeon (Columba palumbus) on ground after heavy snow, Hertfordshire, England, UK, December

Philippe Clement / Common wood pigeon (Columba palumbus) feeding during a heavy snow shower, Belgium, December.

Dave Bevan / Wood pigeon (Columba palumbus) arranging nest material when mate arrives with dry grass on cliff face, Norfolk, England, UK, July.

Konrad Wothe / Wood pigeons (Columba palumbus) pair, Germany. April

David Tipling / Common buzzard (Buteo buteo) feeding on Wood pigeon (Columba palumbus) North Norfolk, England, UK. May

David Perpinan / Woodpigeon (Columba palumbus) drinking, Cuenca, Castile-La Mancha, Spain, June.

Bernard Castelein / Wood Pigeon(Columba palumbus) portrait, Brasschaat, Belgium. August

Ernie Janes / Wood pigeon (Columba palumbus) portrait perched on post in winter with snow, Norfolk, England, UK. February.

Ernie Janes / Wood pigeon (Columba palumbus) bathing in puddle in winter, Norfolk, England, UK. March.

Ernie Janes / Wood pigeon (Columba palumbus) bathing in puddle in winter, Norfolk, England, UK. March.

Ernie Janes / Wood pigeon (Columba palumbus) bathing in puddle in winter, Norfolk, England, UK. March.

Konrad Wothe / Wood pigeon (Columba palumbus) in flight, France, June.

Fabrice Cahez / Wood pigeon (Columba palumbus) feathers scattered on forest floor after predator had caught it, Vosges, France, April.

Nick Upton / Wood pigeon (Columba palumbus) perched on a tree branch, Gloucestershire, UK, February.

Nick Upton / Wood pigeon (Columba palumbus) in flight, Wiltshire, UK, May.

Nick Upton / Wood pigeon (Columba palumbus) head close up, Gloucestershire, UK, December.

Nick Upton / Wood pigeon (Columba palumbus) head close up, Gloucestershire, UK, February.

Nick Upton / Wood pigeon (Columba palumbus) foraging for wheat seeds in a recently drilled field, Cornwall, UK, April.

Nick Upton / Wood pigeon (Columba palumbus) foraging for wheat seeds in a recently drilled field, Cornwall, UK, April.

Nick Upton / Wood pigeon (Columba palumbus) flying over a cottage roof, Bradford-on-Avon, Wiltshire, UK, May.

Nick Upton / Wood pigeon (Columba palumbus) fluffed up to keep warm on a cold morning, Gloucestershire, UK, February.

Terry Whittaker / Wood pigeon (Columba palumbus) on bird bath in urban garden. Greater Manchester, UK. May.

Ernie Janes / Wood pigeons (Columba palumbus) male and female during courtship preening display, Norfolk, England, UK, August.

Ernie Janes / Wood pigeon (Columba palumbus) preening in garden, Norfolk, England, UK, August.

Edwin Giesbers / Wood pigeon (Columba palumbus) pair preening one another, The Netherlands.

Edwin Giesbers / Wood pigeon (Columba palumbus) nesting in window box of balcony. The Netherlands.

Edwin Giesbers / Wood pigeon (Columba palumbus) portrait, The Netherlands.

Edwin Giesbers / Wood pigeon (Columba palumbus) pair preening one another, The Netherlands.

Bernard Castelein / Wood pigeon (Columba palumbus) drinking, Brasschaat, Belgium

Bernard Castelein / Wood Pigeon (Columba palumbus) Brasschaat, Belgium, January.

Loic Poidevin / Common wood pigeon (Columba palumbus) in grass, Vendee, France, May,

Dave Bevan / Wood pigeon (Columba palumbus) feeding chick in nest, Carmarthenshire, Wales, UK, June.

Phil Savoie / Wood pigeon (Columba palumbus) in flight with nesting material, Monmouthshire, Wales, UK, May.

Dave Bevan / Female Sparrowhawk (Accipiter nisus) plucking and feeding on a Wood pigeon (Columba palumbus), Bedfordshire, England, UK. October.

Dave Bevan / Female Sparrowhawk (Accipiter nisus) eating a Wood pigeon (Columba palumbus), Bedfordshire, England, UK. October.

Dave Bevan / Female Sparrowhawk (Accipiter nisus) eating a Wood pigeon (Columba palumbus), Bedfordshire, England, UK. October.

Dave Bevan / Female Sparrowhawk (Accipiter nisus) plucking and feeding on a Wood pigeon (Columba palumbus), Bedfordshire, England, UK. October.

Dave Bevan / Female Sparrowhawk (Accipiter nisus) mantling over Wood pigeon (Columba palumbus) prey, Bedfordshire, England, UK. October.

Dave Bevan / Female Sparrowhawk (Accipiter nisus) eating Wood pigeon (Columba palumbus) prey, Bedfordshire, England, UK. October.

Dave Bevan / Close-up of a female Sparrowhawk (Accipiter nisus) feeding on Wood pigeon (Columba palumbus), Bedfordshire, England, UK. October.

Dave Bevan / Pair of Wood pigeons (Columba palumbus) perched in a Hawthorn tree (Crataegus monogyna), exchanging food, Gloucestershire, England, UK, June.

Dave Bevan / Wood pigeon (Columba palumbus) preening in heavy rain, Gloustershire, England, UK. May.

Brian Bevan / Two Wood pigeons (Columba palumbus) bathing in a pond, Bedfordshire, England, UK, June.

Nick Upton / Wood pigeon (Columba palumbus) perched on a fence preening its feathers, Gloucestershire, England, UK, May.

Nick Upton / Wood pigeon (Columba palumbus) feeding in long grass amongst Meadow buttercups (Ranunculus acris), Gloucestershire, England, UK, May.

Nick Upton / Wood pigeon (Columba palumbus) feeding amongst flowering Daisies (Bellis perennis), Gloucestershire, England, UK, May.

Nick Upton / Wood pigeon (Columba palumbus) feeding on Ivy (Hedera helix) leaves growing on a garden fence, near Bude, Cornwall, England, UK, June.

Nick Upton / Wood pigeon (Columba palumbus) feeding on Ivy (Hedera helix) leaves growing on a garden fence, near Bude, Cornwall, England, UK, June.

Sylvain Cordier / Wood pigeon (Columba palumbus), group in flight, Landes, France

Sylvain Cordier / Wood pigeon (Columba palumbus), nest with two eggs, Alsace, France

Hermann Brehm / Woodpigeon (Columba palumbus) drinking, Bayern, Germany. May

Hermann Brehm / Woodpigeon (Columba palumbus), Bayern, Germany. September

Hermann Brehm / Woodpigeon (Columba palumbus) drinking,Bayern, Germany. September

Julian Hume / Extinct pigeons 3. Clockwise from top left: Madeira wood pigeon (Columba palumbus maderensis) Extinct 1904, Lord Howe pigeon (Columba vitiensis godmanae) Extinct 1853; Bonin Islands pigeon (Columba ve...

Mark Carwardine / Wood pigeon (Columba palumbus) portrait, Slimbridge, Gloucestershire, UK January

Laurent Geslin / Wood pigeon (Columba palumbus) in urban park flower bed, Grenoble, France, April.

Laurent Geslin / Wood pigeon (Columba palumbus) taking off in urban park, Grenoble, France, April.

Bernard Castelein / Wood pigeon (Columba palumbus) drinking, Brasschaat, Belgium March

Loic Poidevin / Western marsh harrier (Circus aeruginosus) feeding on Pigeon (Columba palumbus) Sierra de Gredos, Spain, February

Loic Poidevin / Western marsh harrier (Circus aeruginosus) feeding on Pigeon (Columba palumbus) Sierra de Gredos, Spain, February

Pal Hermansen / Wood pigeon (Columba palumbus) pair, Norway, June.

Pal Hermansen / Wood pigeon (Columba palumbus) pair, Norway, June.

Michel Poinsignon / Wood pigeon (Columba palumbus) in snow in winter, Lorraine, France. January.

Colin Varndell / Adult Woodpigeon (Columba palumbus) at rest on branch in spring. Dorset, UK April.

Will Watson / Wood pigeons (Columba palumbus) swapping incubation duty on nest, Downy birch (Betula pubescens), Herefordshire, England, UK, October.

Will Watson / Wood pigeon (Columba palumbus) pair and squabs / chicks in nest, Downy birch (Betula pubescens), Herefordshire, England, UK, October.

Will Watson / Wood pigeon (Columba palumbus) pair and squab / chick in nest, Downy birch (Betula pubescens), Herefordshire, England, UK, October.

Will Watson / Wood pigeon (Columba palumbus) sitting on nest with two squabs / chicks, nest located in Downy Birch (Betula pubescens), Herefordshire, England, UK, October.

Ernie Janes / Wood pigeon (Columba palumbus) preening, Norfolk, England, UK, June.

Neil Aldridge / Common woodpigeon (Columba palumbus) dead in leaf litter after being shot on a winter shoot on shooting estate, southern England, UK. January.

Ernie Janes / Wood pigeon (Columba palumbus) in flight, Norfolk, England, UK, April.

Ernie Janes / Wood pigeon (Columba palumbus) in flight, Norfolk, England, UK, April.

Ernie Janes / Wood pigeons (Columba palumbus) two perched together, Norfolk, England, UK, February.

Ernie Janes / Stock Dove (Columba oenas) and Wood pigeon (Columba palumbus) perched together, Norfolk, England, UK, April.

Ernie Janes / Wood pigeon (Columba palumbus) landing on branch, Norfolk, England, UK, April.

Ernie Janes / Wood pigeon (Columba palumbus) taking off from small copse near surrounding farmland. Norfolk, England, UK, April.

Ernie Janes / Wood pigeon (Columba palumbus) perched on snag, Norfolk, England, UK, April.

Ernie Janes / Wood pigeon (Columba palumbus) perched on snag, Norfolk, England, UK, April.

Roger Powell / Common woodpigeon (Columba palumbus) resting in a woodland glade. Lower Saxony, Germany, February.

Roger Powell / Common woodpigeon (Columba palumbus) resting in a woodland glade. Lower Saxony, Germany, February.

Roger Powell / Common Woodpigeon (Columba palumbus) resting in a woodland glade.Lower Saxony, Germany.

Ernie Janes / Wood pigeon (Columba palumbus) in flight against blue sky, Norfolk, England, UK. July.

Andy Trowbridge / European wood pigeon (Columba palumbus) in flight. Southern Norway. April.

Nick Upton / Wood pigeon (Columba palumbus) collecting a twig for its nest, Gloucestershire, UK, May.

Ernie Janes / Wood pigeon (Columba palumbus) feeding on new tree buds, Norfolk, East Anglia, England, UK, February.

David Tipling / Wood pigeon (Columba palumbus), Norfolk, February.

Nick Upton / Wood pigeon (Columba palumbus) standing on grassy margin of a lake, Gloucestershire, UK, September.

Mike Wilkes / Wood pigeon (Columba palumbus) eating Cotoneaster berries, Warwickshire, England, UK, November.