Turtle Dove (IMAGE)

University of Lincoln

Turtle Dove

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New research into Britain's fastest declining bird species has found that young turtle doves raised on a diet of seeds foraged from non-cultivated arable plants rather than food provided in people's gardens are more likely to survive after fledging.

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Jenny Dunn

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