Injured pigeon-birmingham, UK

[Ryo_the_Rat]

Hi all!

I was given the link to this forum on another forum i use so hoping someone can help. yesterday whilst walking home my partner and I came across a pigeon sitting in the road. a car actually nearly ran over the poor thing over and thats how we spotted it. it managed to get onto the grass area in the middle of the road(it was a busy main road) and we got to the closest shop and got a cardboard box and managed to get the pigeon into it. when we got it home i put it into a cat carrier on some newspaper, put a bowl of water and a little food in and covered the carrier with a blanket to keep it warm and dark and then left it in the kitchen for the night hoping it would make it through the night. well it did and is still with us now looking livelier. i dont know whats wrong with it, except that it cant fly. its spreading its wings but cant flap them properly and seems to have a bit of trouble folding them back in. i dont know much at all about birds(keep lots of other animals but not birds lol) here is a piccie i managed to get today if anyone knows what sort of pigeon it is? there is no blood or anything like that, no exposed bones or cuts on him. he does look scruffy though lol not sure if thats normal or because hes stressed and injured?



And if anyone can offer any advice or help on what might be wrong, if there is anything else we can do for it or even if there are any wildlife rescues that people know of in our area that we could contact? i was going to ring around a few tomorrow but would much prefer recommendations so i know im dealing with a good rescue and not one that will just put the poor thing to sleep for being "vermin" We are happy to keep caring for it here but because we dont know anything about birds it would probably be better if someone who did could care for it. as i said though, happy to keep it with us until he recovers if people can give advice of food etc and anything to check for with him.

Appreciate any help and advice people have to offer!