| bird nerds 11:07 - Aug 1 with 1043 views | GeoffSentence |
has it been good year for turtle doves or have I just been lucky? I have had more sightings of those feathered purring chaps in the last three weeks than over the last twenty years. |  |
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| bird nerds on 11:16 - Aug 1 with 1018 views | BanksterDebtSlave |
We live in a stronghold for the purring beauties...maybe they are spreading out. |  |
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| bird nerds on 12:48 - Aug 1 with 974 views | ronnyd |
Have collared ones visit my garden regularly, (after the feed the smaller birds drop from the feeders), but haven't seen any Turtle ones. |  | | |
| bird nerds on 12:51 - Aug 1 with 972 views | ElephantintheRoom |
You've just been lucky though a few have been driven into gardens as more people feed throughout the summer. One factor that might have helped their breeding success as a one off this year is the big decrease in pheasants dumped in the countryside. | |
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| bird nerds on 15:56 - Aug 1 with 913 views | WeWereZombies |
| bird nerds on 12:48 - Aug 1 by ronnyd |
Have collared ones visit my garden regularly, (after the feed the smaller birds drop from the feeders), but haven't seen any Turtle ones. |
There are a group of four Rock Doves (easy to spot, they're the ones wearing leather jackets...) that swoop down on my bird table and crowd all the smaller birds out, usually knocking the water tray off the table in the process. I would love to host Collared Doves if all they do is ground feed. |  |
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| bird nerds on 16:24 - Aug 1 with 888 views | Chondzoresk |
| bird nerds on 11:16 - Aug 1 by BanksterDebtSlave |
We live in a stronghold for the purring beauties...maybe they are spreading out. |
Several Turtle Doves around Bedingfield and Redlingfield areas. Better year for them. However, the horrific culling of these birds in France and other Southern European Countries doesn’t help. They will become extinct in this country. That’s my unfortunate prediction. |  | | |
| bird nerds on 17:08 - Aug 1 with 869 views | Meadowlark |
Turtally... |  | | |
| bird nerds on 18:24 - Aug 5 with 724 views | Tangledupin_Blue |
| bird nerds on 12:48 - Aug 1 by ronnyd |
Have collared ones visit my garden regularly, (after the feed the smaller birds drop from the feeders), but haven't seen any Turtle ones. |
We've had a pair of collared for a few months. I think they're now on their third breeding cycle of the year. |  |
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| bird nerds on 19:21 - Aug 5 with 687 views | GeoffSentence |
| bird nerds on 18:24 - Aug 5 by Tangledupin_Blue |
We've had a pair of collared for a few months. I think they're now on their third breeding cycle of the year. |
The dirty pigeons, they love a bt of it. | |
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| bird nerds on 21:11 - Aug 5 with 659 views | Chondzoresk |
| bird nerds on 18:24 - Aug 5 by Tangledupin_Blue |
We've had a pair of collared for a few months. I think they're now on their third breeding cycle of the year. |
That’s three more times than me this year then. | | | |
| bird nerds on 21:15 - Aug 5 with 647 views | Kropotkin123 |
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| bird nerds on 22:51 - Aug 5 with 616 views | Gogs |
I know someone who works for RSPB doing a study on Turtle Doves right now. I believe numbers are in sharp decline. He may well be interested to know when and where your sightings are. If you can give an idea of locations and numbers I'll let him know and he may want to get in touch if that's ok? He's an ITFC fan if that helps  |  | | |
| bird nerds on 09:23 - Aug 6 with 546 views | GeoffSentence |
| bird nerds on 22:51 - Aug 5 by Gogs |
I know someone who works for RSPB doing a study on Turtle Doves right now. I believe numbers are in sharp decline. He may well be interested to know when and where your sightings are. If you can give an idea of locations and numbers I'll let him know and he may want to get in touch if that's ok? He's an ITFC fan if that helps |
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