Africa 14th June 2021

The song of the stock dove is one of the subtlest of all our birds. 

Like other doves and pigeons, it’s a variation on a ‘coo’, but the stock dove sounds as though it’s doing things in reverse.

It’s a sound most often encountered in woodland and wooded countryside, and sometimes in town parks and large gardens.

Imagine the bird is scratching a record, swiping it backwards and forwards.  

Read more about the stock dove on Shriek of the Week https://shriekoftheweek.substack.com/

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The sound recording is by Lars Edenius, reproduced with permission from xeno-canto https://www.xeno-canto.org/558809 

Also audible in this recording: Redwing, White Wagtail and Common Snipe. 

The image is by emphyrio on Pixabayhttps://pixabay.com/photos/stock-dove-bird-meadow-dove-pigeon-6347242/

xeno-canto

Stock Dove

Dawn chorus recorded by my father in 1961 or 62, in a garden in Hornchurch, Essex, UK. Dad says that this was before Collared Doves had reached the area.

Photo by Belinda Fewings on Unsplash https://unsplash.com/s/photos/woodland-bird?utm_source=unsplash&utm_medium=referral&utm_content=creditCopyText

1960s Dawn Chorus

Not On Drugs (Improved version)

Moving On (Demo I)

Caught In The Middle (Demo I)

The Feeling That Only Comes Once (Demo II)

Take A Bow (Early Demo)

Juno (Demo II)

Here is a two part song I wrote for SA choir for Remembrance. 

Poppies - a song for Remembrance

Happy Advent!  Look out for bright stars!

1960s Dawn Chorus

julianclem

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