Turtle Doves may be associated with Christmas but it’s unusual to actually spot one on Christmas Day – from a Norfolk kitchen window. This is… Read More »A Surprise at Christmas

Birder Adrian Kettle tweeted seeing and photographing the above closed ringed Turtle Dove on 18/7/2020 at Ardleigh Reservoir in Essex. Subsequent research shows that this… Read More »Spotted in Ardleigh, Essex

Two eggs comprise the normal clutch size for a Turtle Dove. Coloured white, they are smooth and glossy and oval in shape. They are approximately… Read More »Eggs & Young

Trevor Lay, the Trust’s Aviculturist, is seen here inspecting one of the fostering Java Dove nest sites.