The stock dove is sociable as well as gregarious, often consorting with wood pigeons, though doubtless it is the presence of food which brings them together.
For a mile north and south, the wildlife consisted of wood pigeons, grey squirrels and magpies, because there are always magpies, those proofs of desolation.
The fauna in the area has animal species such as the brown bear, wild boar, deer, roe deer, hare, wolves, wild cat, wood pigeon, eagles, hawks, and woodpeckers, among others.