Wood Pigeon Nest Diary - Eggs, Chicks, Sadness and Success

Security camera footage of a Common Wood Pigeon nest in a friend's garden. The video starts with the adult Wood Pigeons incubating two eggs. The two chicks that hatch grow quickly thanks to the crop milk they are fed by their parents. Sadly, one of the chicks fell from the nest and didn't survive the fall. The video follows the the surviving chick until it's 20-days old. It fledged successfully and was regularly seen in the garden in the months that followed. Many thanks to Alan for letting me use this fascinating footage.

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[gillianbc]

One of my favourite birds. There's no more soothing sound than the coo coo of a wood pigeon. There's a brave one that visits me several times a day and I can call him down from the trees. His friends want nothing to do with me.

[kieranjc]

We have a pair of wood pigeons who are daily visitors to our garden. They get some food and water from us and have become very comfortable and familiar with us. It gives me a lot of pleasure feeding them, as they are virtually part of the family now 😂

Last year they brought their new squab to visit us when it flew the nest and it was adorable!!

Unfortunately this year they had two babies, but they both fell out the nest and/or were attacked by other birds. The poor things ended up on our lawn.
As it's still early in the season here, I'm hoping they try again! 🤞
Thankfully mother and father are still together and appear to be well.

[CamilaFridaM]

It's so adorable when chicks shake the wings asking for food 🤩
Wood pigeons are so beautiful 😚

[debrahattersley]

I’ve got a wood pigeon nesting in my cherry tree. Can’t wait to see the progress of the chicks when they hatch. From a distance of course 💚

[ivanmontes]

I love pigeons, unfortunately this species does not live in my country. But we have another species in my country. And they're very beautiful.

I have a domestic dove and a domestic turtledove, They live with me. They usually follow me for all my house, as if they were dogs, I love them.

Kind regards for all people who love animals, from Quilmes Buenos Aires.

[ManzoorAlam-zteq]

Who has created so much love in her heart of these lovely birds... How much great that supreme authority created all the creatures and whole world....

[srl]

I like this very much - pigeons are such interesting birds. There's a wood pigeon nest in a tree in my garden right now and I think the eggs are being incubated because the hen hardly ever leaves. I'm looking forward to them hatching and following the chicks' progress. The nest itself looks small and flimsy, but I guess the pigeons know what they're doing.

[ChristopherHarle]

"Crop Milk", never heard of it before, but thanks to you I now know. Wonderful coverage. Thank you.

[garethdrain]

We saved a baby pigeon. Turns out her mother wasn't that far away. We kept the chick outside in protective of weather. Mom came back every night to feed her thanks to us putting seed out. She's flown away but near by with mum. Just leaving seads out for them. I know we did a good job 😂😂❤❤❤❤

[Michaelxjones]

I love wood pigeons, they are very adorable and cute. Thanks for showing us this .

[DaximZ]

I love pigeons all time.😊
My apologies for the second baby. I feel sad for that poor child.😢
Pigeons are wonderful.❤❤❤

[woodypigeon]

Priceless footage. Woodies are so adorable. Regular visitors they are. I always make sure there is seed for them.

[garagecellar]

And the sound they make on the nest is lovely too )))

[vetitive]

Thank you so much for sharing! I have a nest made right above my lean-to and a fox had already got one of the babies 😢. I feel I am personally responsible for the one that is left to survive. He is currently one week old and I am hoping we can make it all the way through.❤️💪🏻 Really glad to have found your video!

[poppyspets]

Oh, I adore these birds, have 13 feeding in my garden ❤

[Pumeanmother]

Hello How are you ? I love and like pigeons, when I leave school I always feed them forever, thank you very much for sharing❤🎉😊

[neeta]

Love for pigeons & their babies...😍❤️🥰👍

[KatinaFineArt]

A big thank you for sharing, there are plenty of them where I live....❤😍

[SangkarBurung-liyq]

I was very interested in this great video about wood pigeons

[cdcaterham]

I currently have wood pigeons nesting in my wisteria bush! Initially they tried to nest on the plinth above my front door but that just resulted in piles of sticks on the ground. Last week I saw them popping in and out of the wisteria with little twigs and since Thursday they have been taking turns sitting on the nest! I have named them Pea (lady pigeon) and Pod.. her husband! So exciting! I have become quite attached to them over the past couple of months ❤️🐦🐦❤️