Guest blog by Dr John Mallord, Senior Conservation Scientist, RSPB Centre for Conservation Science Seven swans a-swimming, six geese a-laying, four calling birds, three French hens, and a partridge in a pear tree, it seems someone thought birds were the ideal Christmas gift to one’s true love. Not forgetting, of course, two Turtle Doves, symbol of true […]
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Give a home for turtle doves this Christmas
Our ‘two turtle doves’ of Christmas may well be sunning themselves in sub Saharan Africa right now, but that shouldn’t stop you from giving them a thought and thinking about what you might be able to do over the next coming months that will provide them with a welcome return in spring. Operation Turtle Dove (OTD) […]
Continue readingVolunteers establish turtle dove foraging plot at MOD Wethersfield
A blog post from RSPB Turtle Conservation Advisor, Sam Lee The Challenge: To turn this area of land into a seed rich feeding area for turtle doves Before … RSPB and Essex Bird Watching Society (EBWS) volunteers joined forces to establish a turtle dove foraging plot in a disused area of the MOD Wethersfield site. […]
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