Columba palumbus

I thought it was something much more impressive until I put the telephoto lens on and saw it properly (you can't really see from this shot but it is what a friend of mine would call "a big chuffer"). Then I saw its shape and colours and chuckled at myself.

I was in the fortunate position of working from home on a nice day today. It was pleasant, mild, and sunny so when I'd done the work I absolutely had to do I took myself and Nik out for a spot of countryside. I was hoping to blip a landscape - and I did take some that I'm not unhappy with - but this made me laugh and I'm quite pleased bearing in mind the distance I took it from (it was right a the top of a tree), so a woodpigeon it is for today's blip.

Eye is beadier bigger.