Species List : Common Wood Pigeon Columba palumbus
Common passage migrant in spring and in autumn. Single singing birds are sometimes heard. Breeding has never been confirmed, though it is not unlikely. A flock consisting of some 1500 Common Wood Pigeons on 7 October 2006 near Bredsandsudde is by far the largest flock ever recorded on Gotska Sandön.
First record:
- June 1867 (Holtz 1868)