Turtle Dove Talk

Conservationists fear 2013 could be the lowest year ever for turtle dove numbers – England’s most threatened farmland bird. Records of sightings are down significantly this year and experts believe last summer’s extremely wet weather may be the cause. Official figures show that turtle doves – an icon of the English countryside and a fixture […]

Post from Joe Harris (RSPB Otmoor Warden). Post originally appeared on RSPB Community pages.   We are very lucky on Otmoor to have turtle doves breeding. The moor is probably one of the few places in the area where you can reliably see these birds. First thing in the morning, you can often see them feeding […]

Post by Stephanie Morren, Interim Operation Turtle Dove Project Manager for the RSPB Having recently joined the Operation Turtle Dove team, I wanted the chance to find out what a day in the life of a turtle dove field scientist was like and also to see some turtle doves in the wild! So I joined […]

Originally posted on RSPB Community pages Fresh from giving a series of ‘spotting & jotting’ talks at this year’s Glastonbury Festival, artist and illustrator Matt Sewell has teamed up with the RSPB to help raise vital funds for their work across the south-east. Matt’s distinctive and enchanting pop-art watercolours and innovative descriptions first appeared in […]