Turtle doves threatened with extinction as invading deer destroy hedgerows

Turtle doves are being pushed closer to the brink of extinction in England by invasive deer eating their hedgerow habitats.
Daily Mail

Smarter than your average bird: Turtle doves that migrate for long distances have more neurons in the brain

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 ...
Daily Mail

No turtle doves! Alert over bird celebrated in Twelve Days of Christmas as numbers fall two thirds in five years

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 ...
The Guardian

Malta should consider moratorium on turtle dove hunting, says EU

European commission investigating violations of the EU bird directive after Malta allows 5,000 turtle doves to be shot, says Karmenu Vella Malta should consider a temporary ban on the shooting of ...
The Malta Independent

Birdlife Malta says ‘thousands’ of turtle-doves shot down over past few days

In the last few days, "thousands" of Turtle-doves were illegally shot over Malta and Gozo with the weather conditions pushing birds over our islands, Birdlife Malta said. "Yesterday, and Sunday, were ...
Daily Express

Scientists track turtle dove to try to save much-loved bird from extinction

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 ...
The Independent

Turtle dove numbers plummet 98% to just 2,100 pairs, national survey shows

From reproductive rights to climate change to Big Tech, The Independent is on the ground when the story is developing. Whether it's investigating the financials of Elon Musk's pro-Trump PAC or ...
The Independent

Garden bird seed linked with deaths of critically endangered British doves

Bird seed may be having the unintended consequence of malnourishing the chicks of one of Britain’s most endangered birds. Turtle dove numbers have declined by 98 per cent since 1970, and in order to ...
Huffington Post UK

Two Turtle Doves, Or Maybe Just One, As Numbers Of Christmas Love Bird Plummet

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 ...