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Collared Dove (Streptopelia decaocto)Where and when to see it in the UK

Resident · reporting peaks January to August · Doves and Pigeons · BOU category A

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

Collared Dove (Streptopelia decaocto)
Dr. Raju Kasambe, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons
Peak months
Collared 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.

Collared Dove has been recorded in 2,603 of the 2,971 10 km squares covering UK land (88%) in records to 2026. Resident in the UK. Its strongest squares are in England, Scotland and Wales. Reporting peaks in January to August.

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
31% or more of visits
High
17% to 31%
Moderate
9% to 17%
Low
under 9%
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 91%20%Very high
February 90%19%Very high
March 91%20%Very high
April 95%21%Very high
May 100%22%Very high
June 96%21%Very high
July 96%21%Very high
August 96%21%Very high
September 85%18%Very high
October 72%16%Low
November 70%15%Low
December 84%18%Very high

Squares with the highest reporting rate in January

SquareWhereShare of visitsClass
C41Derry City and Strabane, Northern Ireland100%Very high
C62Causeway Coast and Glens, Northern Ireland100%Very high
C94Causeway Coast and Glens, Northern Ireland100%Very high
D00Mid and East Antrim, Northern Ireland100%Very high
D13Causeway Coast and Glens, Northern Ireland100%Very high
H24Fermanagh and Omagh, Northern Ireland100%Very high
H76Mid Ulster, Northern Ireland100%Very high
HU36Shetland Islands, Scotland100%Very high
HY40Orkney Islands, Scotland100%Very high
HY41Orkney Islands, Scotland100%Very high

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