Turtle Dove

when a bird goes from being common and widespread to near threatened in the course of your life's birding it is a truly sad reflection on the human race; shooting, farming, climate change its all humanity based -- in the late 70's I occasionally counted over 100 birds in a day moving west up the Humber in late May - I have not seen a bird on my local patch now for 5 years where up to 34 pairs used to nest -- was sound recording this coastal bird yesterday so I have a remembrance of the species