What is a turtle dove? - Operation Turtle Dove

What is a turtle dove? - Operation Turtle Dove: Turtle doves are the UK’s fastest declining bird species and they are threatened with global extinction (IUCN Red List of Endangered Species). Turtle doves are a vibrant, dainty species of dove (weighing in at around 140 grams) with a charismatic turrrturrr-ing call from which its name derives (click here to listen). Trends since 1980 show that populations of turtle doves across much of Europe have undergone moderate to serious decline. But this is as nothing compared with the rapid and almost total loss in the UK. https://www.operationturtledove.org/turtle-doves/what-is-a-turtle-dove/