Turtle Doves; pic by Andy Hay/RSPB
Turtle Doves; pic by Andy Hay/RSPB
The Turtle Dove, which features in one of our best-loved Christmas carols, is in serious trouble but this year it has been given a generous gift thanks to the dedication of two hard-working volunteer fundraisers. Inspired partly by 2014 marking the centenary of the extinction of a related bird with an alarmingly similar story, the Passenger Pigeon, the pair to...

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