Turtle Dove Talk

The following post is from Operation Turtle Dove supporter and Twitchers Retreat B&B owner, Maria Fountain: Is it a dove with tattoos on its neck instead of a ring and funny coloured wings, or a small pigeon which looks like a dove? In 2011 we had a pair of bedraggled strange birds land in our garden, […]

Conservationists trying to save the UK’s most threatened farmland bird have been given a helping hand by members of the public who’ve been calling a special hotline to report sightings. Since Operation Turtle Dove was launched by the RSPB, Conservation Grade, Pensthorpe Conservation Trust and Natural England in May, the hotline has had 429 calls […]