Over the past week, hunters were reported for their illegal targeting of turtle doves. These hunts took place just days ...

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Hunters in Spain, France and Italy can now target turtle doves again as they migrate across their countries from Africa to breed in the UK and other northern European countries. It comes months after ...

European Turtle Dove has shown signs of an extraordinary population recovery in western Europe, with a 40% increase reported in breeding pairs between 2021 and 2024. The rise follows three consecutive ...

New figures just released show the number of Turtle Doves breeding in Western Europe increased by 40% from 2021 to 2024 – that’s 615,000 more breeding pairs. The rapid rise follows three consecutive ...

The Ornis Committee, during a meeting on Wednesday, accepted the FKNK's proposal to open a spring hunting season on Turtle-doves, BirdLife Malta said. It said that it was accepted "with the ...

Today, the European Commission has announced EU countries may re-open the hunting season for the European Turtle-dove (Streptopelia turtur) in parts of Western Europe if they choose to do so [1]. The ...