Not a lot can be said about our Collared Doves that hasn’t been said before. They come and go and can be seen most mornings at Dawn in the Apple tree at the bottom of the garden.They rarely settle in the garden, never visit the bird feeders or bird table and fly off as soon as the door is opened, however it is always lovely to see them. I know that in the summer they bred in this tiny little patch of mine. Today it was an almost complete “white out” with fog which hadn’t cleared when this photo was taken at around 9.15 As a species they have colonised the UK over the last 40 years to become one of our most familiar birds but the first breeding in the UK was as recent as 1956. As far as I know they can’t be sexed visible but when two are together there will be subtle differences in head shape, size and colour etc.