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Stock Dove (Columba oenas)Where and when to see it in the UK

Resident · reporting peaks March to May · Doves and Pigeons · BOU category AF

Records to 2026-08-16 · build 2026-08-31

Stock Dove (Columba oenas)
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Peak months
Stock Dove: relative reporting rate by 10 km square, September

Contains OS data © Crown copyright and database right 2026 (grid squares, place names from OS Open Names). Northern Ireland place names: OSNI Open Data, OGL v3.0. County and country boundaries: Office for National Statistics, Open Government Licence v3.0. Coastline: Natural Earth. Bird records from the data partners listed here.

Stock Dove has been recorded in 2,027 of the 2,971 10 km squares covering UK land (68%) in records to 2026. Resident in the UK. Its strongest squares are in England, Scotland and Wales. Reporting peaks in March to May.

Conservation status: Least Concern (IUCN Red List, LC)
View on the IUCN Red List
Relative to this species' best squares (how classes are calculated)
Very high
30% or more of visits
High
16% to 30%
Moderate
8% to 16%
Low
under 8%
Surveyed, not recorded
at least 20 qualifying visits, no record
Insufficient records
too few visits to say
Lighter fill
Few visits, lower confidence
Small dot
Occasional: a single record, or out of season

Seasonality

Reporting rate by month, relative to the peak month
MonthRelative to peakShare of visitsTypical class
January 66%14%Moderate
February 78%17%Very high
March 95%21%Very high
April 100%22%Very high
May 86%19%Very high
June 80%18%Very high
July 86%19%Very high
August 92%20%Very high
September 72%16%Very high
October 53%12%Low
November 55%12%Low
December 59%13%Low

Squares with the highest reporting rate in March

SquareWhereShare of visitsClass
HU36Shetland Islands, Scotland100%Very high
J26Lisburn and Castlereagh, Northern Ireland100%Very high
NG89Highland, Scotland100%Very high
NH54Highland, Scotland100%Very high
NH56Highland, Scotland100%Very high
NH87Highland, Scotland100%Very high
NJ72Aberdeenshire, Scotland100%Very high
NJ92Aberdeenshire, Scotland100%Very high
NK02Aberdeenshire, Scotland100%Very high
NN68Highland, Scotland100%Very high

Spotted an error in a square? Report it and it goes into the review queue. Read the methodology for how classes, flags and sensitive-species rules work. Data to 2026.