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Where does the Stock Dove live?

Columba oenas has 1,544,261 records in 75 countries and territories, from 1772 to 2026. Most records come from Sweden.

Stock Dove
Stock Dove — Photo: Frank Vassen from Brussels, Belgium · CC BY 2.0 · Wikimedia Commons
AnimaliaChordataAvesColumbiformesColumbidaeColumba

When it is recorded

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Peak month: April. Records cluster in the months an animal is present and being looked for, so a summer peak can reflect observer effort as much as the animal.

Records over time

17722026

Recording effort has risen steeply almost everywhere since the 1990s, so a rising line usually shows more observers rather than more animals.

Where it is recorded

PlaceRecordsShare
Sweden 368,964
United Kingdom 363,032
Netherlands 249,255
France 116,661
Denmark 107,326
Belgium 91,073
Germany 52,146
Norway 43,915
Spain 42,118
Finland 35,936
Czechia 9,179
Estonia 8,509
Poland 7,108
Russia 6,707
Ireland 4,561
Switzerland 4,404
Austria 3,779
Italy 3,561
Ukraine 3,208
Hungary 2,395
Portugal 2,326
Slovakia 1,851
Georgia 1,746
Bulgaria 1,666
Lithuania 1,209
Azerbaijan 1,088
Türkiye 1,071
Greece 868
Isle of Man 864
Romania 840
Israel 794
Luxembourg 765
Jersey 685
Slovenia 615
Croatia 603
Belarus 522
Åland Islands 462
Latvia 398
Iran 358
China 322

Showing the top 40 of 75 places.

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Status from the records: resident
Recorded across many years and months — an established presence. This is inferred from how many years and months the animal appears in, not from a range map — treat it as evidence, not a formal assessment.