Paris. The name evokes tree-lined avenues, coffee shops, parks, the Eiffel Tower, the Seine, Notre Dame, heart-throbbing art museums - and a pigeon serenading tourists waiting in line at the Louvre?

THE recently issued sixth bulletin on wood pigeon studies being organized from the British Trust for Ornithology at Oxford contains some interesting observations of agricultural importance. The ...

The "Woodie" or Wood Pigeon (Columba palumbus) despite being common, is in my humble opinion a bird with a pretty superb ...

1. Pesticides applied to seeds before sowing may present a high risk to seed-eating birds. Some of these chemicals are highly toxic but are avoided by captive birds in laboratory tests. However, ...

THE report of the Edward Grey Institute's wood pigeon investigation in 1942, recently issued in the Wood Pigeon Bulletin No. 4, makes interesting reading in view of the concern over this bird's damage ...

The National Parks and Wildlife Service (NPWS) wants an end to the year-round open season on wood pigeons, saying there is little evidence they cause crop damage and the rules are being abused by ...

A report I read recently said that slugs and snails are set to be extra problematic this summer due to the mild, damp winter, which meant that they kept growing and reproducing when a dry, cold spell ...

It’s that time of year when the garden seems to have been invaded by an army of pigeons and wood pigeons - and they leave their mark everywhere. From pecking at your favourite plants to leaving their ...

Whether you live in the town or the countryside, they are all around us. No one knows quite how many there are — some say 12 million, while others estimate as many as 20 million. They can spread ...