Our winter turtle dove!

Alison Gardner, Operation Turtle Dove Project Coordinator for the RSPB, writes…. On the 21 January the turtle dove hotline received an intriguing email from Mr Robert Briggs. He reported several garden visits by a TURTLE DOVE stating that this bird must be somewhat out of its comfort zone in his back garden in PEMBROKESHIRE! It gets […]

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Turtle doves given Hope!

Turtle doves are one of the most endangered birds in the UK. But, with thanks to the creative charm of a 6 year old girl from Sheffield, the UK population has been given a boost. Operation Turtle Dove, a partnership project to save this bird on the brink of extinction, launched a competition to find […]

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