Ringdue

Did you know that almost 300,000 breeding pairs of rung pigeons have been registered? To be precise, there are 291,000 pairs of ring pigeons. In addition, there are 48,000 pairs of Turkish pigeons. 

THE RING PIGEON 

Family: Pigeons

Weight: Approx. 500 g

Lifestyle: Ynglepar

Food: Plant parts such as seeds and fresh shoots. Sometimes insects too

The Ring Dove is also called the Wood Dove. It is the most common pigeon species in Denmark. It is also the largest of the Danish pigeons, with a length of about 40 cm and a wingspan of 75-80 cm. 

The Ring Dove is easily recognizable by its colorful feather. It has a greyish-purple breast and a white markings on each side of the neck. Often the white markings are surrounded by green and pink feathers. 

Modest nest

The Ringed Pigeon is widespread throughout the country and most of Europe and it has very few requirements for its nesting site. The Ring Dove finds a tree, or other high platform where it builds a very simple nest of twigs. Often you can see through the bottom of the nest from below. The nest often consists of a small handful of twigs, which are placed randomly around the eggs.

Pigeon's milk

The ringed pigeons have 2-3, and sometimes 4, litters of chicks a year, and often the pigeon eggs are seen on the forest floor when they have rolled out of the simple nest.  Pigeon milk is made in a pouch on the adult pigeons' oesophagus and is then regurgitated up to the young. After a few days, the chicks are fed with soaked seeds and the like before switching to the same food as the adult pigeons: seeds, seeds, fresh shoots and occasionally insects.