Guest blog by Peter Wilkinson, ringer, birder and amazing RSPB volunteer from Hertfordshire It is a truth universally acknowledged among ringers (well, perhaps not among the statisticians, who know that these things are truly random) that a ringer in want of a spectacular recovery must only ring one or at most a very few of […]
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Competition winner, Alice, gets the VIP treatment at Pensthorpe
Alice Stavert-Dobson and her family visited Pensthorpe Wildlife & Gardens in August for a special VIP visit and a chance to see turtle doves for the first time. Six year old Alice won the Operation Turtle Dove competition to name the two turtle doves in our logo. Alice, who is from Sheffield, named the doves […]
Continue readingFears for Turtle Doves as numbers fall dramatically
This press release from the RSPB originally appeared in Gozo News (Gozo and Malta) http://gozonews.com/40210/fears-for-turtle-doves-as-numbers-fall-dramatically-rspb/ In the UK, Conservationists fear 2013 could be the lowest year ever for turtle dove numbers – England’s most threatened farmland bird, with last summer’s extremely wet weather in the UK as, a possible cause. The Royal Society for the […]
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