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Following Titan our satellite-tagged turtle dove in Suffolk

Posted on 16th September 2015

Guest blog by Dr John Mallord, Senior Conservation Scientist at the RSPB Centre for Conservation Science.  As you may have guessed, now that you have put away your T-shirts and shorts, autumn is well and truly here. You have probably already seen swallows lined up on telegraph wires, readying themselves to head south. And our other migrant […]

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Migration mystery of UK’s fastest declining migrant bird solved!

Posted on 24th June 2015

In a UK science first the RSPB reveal UK breeding turtle dove migration route. The migration route of a UK breeding turtle dove has, for the first time, been revealed by the RSPB today – providing valuable data in the conservation fight to help save the species from UK extinction. Last August, the RSPB fitted a […]

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