The European Commission has announced EU countries may re-open the hunting season for the European Turtle-dove (Streptopelia ...

Turtle doves returning to Europe this spring face a less hospitable welcome, as the EU has just voted to let hunters resume ...

New research by the British Trust for Ornithology indicates that many migratory bird species are lacking consistent ...

As part of Operation Turtle Dove, UK conservation groups are working with farmers and landowners to provide key habitats including seed-rich flowering areas, ponds, patches of thorny scrub and ...

Its senior nature conservation policy officer Barbara Herrero told the Guardian: “The turtle dove did its part. Left alone, it started to recover. But governments failed to uphold their end of ...

The ringed turtle-dove is smaller, shorter-tailed ... 3 to 6 broods a year from the same nest. Migration: not a migrant in the true sense, in that individuals are not known to return to breeding ...

Following the outcomes of the meeting, BirdLife Malta is requesting the Government not to open a spring hunting season on the vulnerable Turtle-dove, "based on the fact that the data provided by ...