European Turtle Dove Streptopelia turtur [Linnaeus, 1758]

St. Mary’s, Isles of Scilly © Nigel Milbourne 2003

Very rare (last record 1970), passage migrant. May occur between May & September.

  1. Arrival date, 3rd May 1924 (C. Tuckett, R.P. Gait).
  2. Arrival date, 9th May 1925 (C. Tuckett, R.P. Gait).
  3. Present, 1926 (B.W. Tucker).
  4. Arrival date, 6th June 1938 (H. Tetley).
  5. Arrival date, 6th May 1945 (H.J. Boyd).
  6. Nest with two eggs, 2nd May 1946 (G.E. Clothier).
  7. One, not aged, 31st July 1965 (NBN Atlas – BRERC) Record ST5060.
  8. One. not aged, 7th Aug. 1965 (NBN Atlas – BRERC) Record ST5258.
  9. Present, 1966 (per H.H. Davis).
  10. Present, 1967 (J.E. Adam, P.J. Chadwick, A.M.S. et al.).
  11. Departure date, 26th Sep. 1970 (per H.H. Davis).
  12. One, not aged, 6th July 1972 (K.E. Vinicombe).

Bibliography (sources of information):

  1. Blaythwayt, Rev F.L. (ed.). Report on Somerset Birds, 1924. Somersetshire Archaeol. & Nat. Hist. Soc.
  2. Blaythwayt, Rev F.L. (ed.). Report on Somerset Birds, 1925. Somersetshire Archaeol. & Nat. Hist. Soc.
  3. Blaythwayt, Rev F.L. (ed.). Report on Somerset Birds, 1926. Somersetshire Archaeol. & Nat. Hist. Soc.
  4. Blaythwayt, Rev F.L. (ed.). Report on Somerset Birds, 1938. Somersetshire Archaeol. & Nat. Hist. Soc.
  5. Blaythwayt, Rev F.L. (ed.). Report on Somerset Birds, 1945. Somersetshire Archaeol. & Nat. Hist. Soc.
  6. Davis, A.H. Birds at Blagdon Lake 1963-1983. Bristol Ornith. 18: 102-116. Bristol Ornithological Club.
  7. Davis, H.H. (ed.). Bristol Bird Report, 1966. Bristol Naturalists’ Society.
  8. Davis, H.H. (ed.). Bristol Bird Report, 1967. Bristol Naturalists’ Society.
  9. Davis, H.H. (ed.). Ornithological Notes Bristol District, 1946. Bristol Naturalists’ Society.
  10. Davis, H.H. (ed.). Somerset Birds, 1970. Somersetshire Archaeol. & Nat. Hist. Soc.

Last update: 17th December 2024