This third blog in our festive series about the turtle dove comes from Conservation Manager at Conservation Grade, Simon Tonkin… “If you believe we will not succeed, we have already failed” Is it because turtle doves cannot raise enough broods to sustain the population in our countryside or the onslaught of hunting? Is it because […]
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Birds of Christmas Future – Turtle Dove Habitat – cpt Simon Tonkin
Birds of Christmas Future – the Turtle Dove – cpt Simon Tonkin
Birds of Christmas Present
Our second Christmas turtle dove blog comes from Tara Proud, RSPB International Species Recovery Officer and manager of the RSPB’s Migrants Programme ‘Birds without Borders’ programme… I am passionately committed to turtle dove conservation and I’m lucky enough to manage Operation Turtle Dove. This year the Operation Turtle Dove project team have lots of great progress to […]
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Release of a dove, satellite tagging of Turtle doves Streptopelia turtur, Essex, England, May 2012
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Birds of Christmas Past?
Dr Andy Evans, Head of Nature Recovery at the RSPB, writes about the plight of the turtle dove… When I was young I thought that ‘two turtle doves’ was a fairly paltry gift for your ‘true love’. Now I realise that that gift would be every bit as precious as gold, frankincense or myrrh. The […]
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Turtle dove Streptopelia turtur, adult perched in tree top, Fowlmere RSPB reserve, July 2011
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Two turtle doves
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