‘Reckless and shortsighted’: EU lifts ban on turtle dove hunting in Spain, France and Italy
Turtle doves returning to Europe this spring face a less hospitable welcome, as the EU has just voted to let hunters resume ...
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Rare sighting of Oriental turtle-dove wows birders
The lone Oriental turtle-dove presides far above its human admirers. A sheen of rusty-golden-edged wing and back feathers and black-and-white feathers on the sides of its neck tipped in silver ...
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Turtle dove hunting ban boosts western European population by 40%
Numbers of threatened turtle doves in western Europe have rapidly recovered after a hunting ban was introduced in 2021, ...
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Eurasian Collared Dove
The ringed turtle-dove is smaller, shorter-tailed, and noticeably paler; it has far less contrast between the flight feathers and the rest of the wing; undertail coverts are white with black at ...
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Turtle dove hunting ban boosts western European population by 40%
Numbers of threatened turtle doves in western Europe have rapidly recovered after a hunting ban was introduced in 2021, conservationists said. Numbers in the region increased by 40% to 610,000 ...