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Working together for turtle doves – the launch of a Turtle Dove Friendly Zone

Posted on 8th December 2017

Turtle doves are declining at an alarming rate, and we know that one of the best ways we can help them is by ensuring that they have the seed food that they need, as well as nesting habitat and access to water on their breeding grounds. To do this at a large enough scale, we […]

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Turtle doves helped by Wensum farming group

Posted on 16th May 201720th July 2017

Chrissie Kelley, Head of Species Management at Pensthorpe Conservation Trust in Norfolk talks about turtle doves, farms and people… Spending time on a farm is always a pleasure but on a warm clear spring day, with a group of farmers who are really keen to make a difference, it was a privilege. The farmers are […]

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Operation Turtle Dove reaches millions on The One Show!

Posted on 23rd November 201623rd November 2016

Did you see last night’s episode of The One Show on BBC 1? At the end of the programme we were treated to stunning footage of turtle doves at Glebe Farm in Norfolk. The farm is part of Operation Turtle Dove and special habitats have been created to provide valuable nesting and foraging areas for […]

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Urgent action needed to save iconic bird on the brink

Posted on 13th July 20167th July 2021

Operation Turtle Dove renews appeal for help to save species in light of evidence of turtle doves’ continuing decline Operation Turtle Dove, a conservation partnership that aims to halt and reverse the decline of one of our most threatened birds, has renewed calls for farmers, landowners and nature-lovers in Eastern England to join the fight […]

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Bayer research farm involved in RSPB trial to help save turtle dove populations

Posted on 10th November 20157th July 2021

This blog from Samantha Lee, the RSPB’s Turtle Dove Conservation Advisor in the East, was originally published in Bayer CropSciences’s Farming Matters blog…   For those of a certain age, the sound of turtle doves purring away in the summer months was as much a sign of summer as blossoms on trees are of spring. […]

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