This conclusion, the NGO says, is based on observations and footage gathered by their Spring Watch teams over recent days ...

The hunting season for Turtle-doves has not yet opened, but the national quota of 1,500 Turtle-doves has already been illegally reached, BirdLife said Saturday, This is based on footage and ...

The spring hunting season for turtle dove has not yet started yet poachers ... “This behaviour certainly does not help with the two infringement procedures open against Malta – one on ...

European hunters say efforts to bolster turtle dove numbers have paid off. After just the first two years of this ban, turtle dove numbers grew by 25pc - sparking hopes of a wider long-term recovery.

Data shows that after years of decline, the Turtle-dove population in the Western Flyway has started ... A population increase for at least two consecutive years A rise in survival rates Effective ...

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 tall, ...

A turtle dove perched in a hawthorn bush in Bedfordshire (Ben Andrew/RSPB/PA) France, Spain and Portugal paused hunting of the species in 2021 to allow their recovery. Prior to 2018 an ...