There are 300 members of the pigeon family — or ‘columbidae’, as its properly known — and they’re found on every continent. Only five are found in appreciable numbers in the wild in Britain, however, as Vicky Liddell explains.
On station platforms up and down the country, male feral pigeons are performing carefully choreographed dances in front of unimpressed females. In the countryside, portly wood pigeons, in morning-suit grey, are puffing out their chests and…
