• The tale of the turtle dove
    Tara Proud is responsible for managing Operation Turtle Dove , a flyway scale conservation programme to save the UK's fastest declining bird. Here she introduces her project will feature at our AGM and...
  • National turtle dove survey results warn of low numbers, but solutions give hope
    Today see’s the publication of the UK national turtle dove survey, highlighting that the population now stands at around 2,100 territories, down from an estimated 125,000 in 1970. However, whilst the...
  • Turtle Doves: An artist's perspective
    Certain species really capture people's imagination and the turtle dove is no exception. We invited artist Steve Kershaw to share how this very bird has come to inspire him. It seems like only yesterday...
  • Turtle Dove National Survey 2021
    The soft purr of the turtle dove has become an increasingly rare sound of summer. In today’s blog, Simon Wotton, Senior Conservation Scientist, explains why a national survey is needed for these birds...
  • Turtle Dove Supplementary Feeding
    Blog by Dr Tony Morris , Senior Conservation Scientist, and Laura Wright, Research Assistant, RSPB Centre for Conservation Science Why do we need to do anything? Between 1995 and 2004 the number...