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‘A Postcard from Titan’ Winners
Well done to Amie (10), Alice (6) and Owen (6) who are the winners of our Postcard from Titan competition! Titan is a very special satellite tagged Turtle Dove. He has successfully completed three migrations, from his breeding grounds in Suffolk, UK to his wintering quarters in Mali and back again. The information that the RSPB Science […]
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Meet Francoise – the first Turtle Dove fitted with a GPS tag in its wintering grounds of Africa
This blog from the RSPB’s Technical Development officer, Nigel Butcher, was originally posted on the RSPB Community page. It was with some anxiety and emotion that I left my family early on the morning of the 14th November 2015. My bags were light in clothing but heavy with field kit from radio antennas to the […]
Continue readingIt’s competition time! Send us a postcard from Titan!
Who is Titan? Titan the Turtle Dove is a very special bird. He is the first Turtle Dove to be successfully tracked from his breeding grounds in the East of England to his winter home in sub-Saharan Africa. In the summer of 2014 Titan was fitted with a specially designed satellite tag, weighing just 4.9 […]
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