He told the World at One that "the issues [turtle doves] face are complex". Mr Wyver added that, "farmers and landowners play a crucial role" in reversing the decline and that following Brexit, the ...

Birds that migrate the greatest distances have more new neurons in the regions of the brain responsible for navigation and spatial orientation than those that stay closer to home. By comparing ...

Whimbrels are mainly passage migrants to the UK, stopping here to rest and refuel in spring and autumn on the way between ...

The European Turtle-dove - a familiar and beloved bird widespread in culture and folklore - is now Vulnerable to extinction. But not everyone is listening to its cry for help. Discover the threats it ...

If you are expecting a gift of two turtle doves from your true love this Christmas, you may be disappointed. For the bird, celebrated in the Twelve Days of Christmas, is in peril, conservationists ...

It is, according to the familiar Christmas carol, of particular significance on the second day of Christmas. But a new study shows that the turtle dove is verging on extinction in the UK following a ...

13:41, Wed, Jun 24, 2015 Updated: 13:57, Wed, Jun 24, 2015 The mystery migration route of the turtle dove – the beautiful, dappled bird that features in the Twelve Days of Christmas – has been ...

Known as a symbol of love, peace and happiness, the turtle dove, sometimes knowns as a love bird, is flirting with extinction. A German environmental protection group has named it the 2020 bird of the ...

The European Turtle Dove has been placed in the 'vulnerable' category in a report on threatened birds produced for the European Commission, a development which should have a bearing on whether hunting ...

New research into Britain's fastest declining bird species has found that young turtle doves raised on a diet of seeds foraged from non-cultivated arable plants rather than food provided in people's ...

The Wild Bird Regulation Unit said that the 1,500 quota Turtle-dove (Gammiema) quota has not been reached, contrary to reports. The unit said that it is continuously following the hunting season.

Turtle doves have seen numbers plummet as farmland bird populations reached new record lows, official figures have shown. Numbers of 19 species of bird which breed or feed on farmland are now half ...