Meet Myrtle the turtle dove

One of Titan’s successors, Bird 161004, has a new name! He will from now on be known as Myrtle. Myrtle was the most popular name in the naming competition run by RSPB Science. Thank you to Claire Wilson, Anne Tomma, Howard Bayley, Jez Elkin, Hannah Gumbrell, Katy Spedding, Halina Morton, Susanna Allen, Ella Wooley, Julie […]

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Birds of Christmas Future

This third blog in our festive series about the turtle dove comes from Conservation Manager at Conservation Grade, Simon Tonkin…  “If you believe we will not succeed, we have already failed” Is it because turtle doves cannot raise enough broods to sustain the population in our countryside or the onslaught of hunting? Is it because […]

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Birds of Christmas Present

Our second Christmas turtle dove blog comes from Tara Proud, RSPB International Species Recovery Officer and manager of the RSPB’s Migrants Programme ‘Birds without Borders’ programme…  I am passionately committed to turtle dove conservation and I’m lucky enough to manage Operation Turtle Dove. This year the Operation Turtle Dove project team have lots of great progress to […]

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