Turtle doves and red listed species RSPB

With the Swifts It’s a good job they made the Swift mapper  https://apps.apple.com/gb/app/swift-mapper/id1405009547 I  think it’s good that the app is free since they need help.  I’m guessing they  they made sure it was free cause they want to make it easyer for more people to help the Swifts. Im going to be helping keep track of the Swifts and Martins. I usually see and hear  Swifts fly over the garden in the summer and I usually see House Martins nesting locally under the eaves in the Neighbourhood and I see Barn Swallows at the Orchard which has a barn or on the Cotswold Hills and near Farmland. I think it’s good they came up with the idea of this app cause people can keep track of the Swifts and try and help them. Also One of the main reasons this is interesting is That It’s good there’s a temporary ban on hunting turtle doves. Its not good that it’s temporary but its good that they have put a ban on it so they can recover And it’s good they want to continue the ban to give them the breeding and feeding habitats they need which would help bring them back again

Quite encouraging in many ways Zo, Here in N.Yorkshire some of our friends are involved in a scheme to help Turtle Doves when they arrive in the Eastern part of the county. As well as surveying suitable areas they are working alongside farmers to sow suitable plants along field edges and similar areas and so far results have been encouraging.

Thats interesting Robbo, when I took part in the House Martin survey a couple of people mentioned that even though I never saw evidence on the square I was covering. It was al strange the looks residents gave us walking around built up area with binoculars but I certainly learnt to respect those birds more than ever

Thanks Zo for all that info...I was unaware of most of it but maybe that's cos am not a serious birder....yet lol ;-)
Maybe one day when I retire

Thats ok

Just found out how to do the quote thing but will probably forget sometimes since I’m not used to it. 

Pete said 

Wendy S said:

Quite encouraging in many ways Zo, Here in N.Yorkshire some of our friends are involved in a scheme to help Turtle Doves when they arrive in the Eastern part of the county. As well as surveying suitable areas they are working alongside farmers to sow suitable plants along field edges and similar areas and so far results have been encouraging.

Thats good the results have been encouraging. Even though it’s not necessarily guaranteed hopefully  the results will still be  in the near future aswell 

Small farmland birds benefit too as they can feed in the field and track edges