Stock Dove

Columba oenas

The stock dove is a species of bird in the family Columbidae, the doves and pigeons. It is widely distributed in the western Palearctic, north to central Scandinavia and south to northwest Africa. Western and southern populations are resident, while northeastern populations are migratory to avoid the colder winters there. It is the type species of the genus Columba. Source

Where it is now

In the last 8 weeks this bird was recorded 10,864 times across 28 areas (each area is a 5 degree square).

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Movement and weather

Each season it is first heard regularly where daytime highs are around 6°C (typically 5 to 9°C, from 10 areas). That holds across 20° of latitude, which suggests its timing follows temperature more than the calendar.

Over the weeks it was present in the past year, its centre in Europe ranged from 50°N in June to 60°N in December, about 1,100 km apart.

Arrival dates

The week it was first heard regularly in each region, after at least six weeks away. Dates differ from south to north, so a region has a range.

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Figures are effort corrected and come from automatic sound identification, which makes mistakes. How this is measured and how it compares with human observers.