Turtle Dove Seed Mix

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Turtle Doves are Summer visitors to the UK, and are ecologically unique by being Europe’s only long distance migratory dove. They spend just a third of the year on their breeding grounds in Europe and the Winter on their non-breeding grounds in sub-Saharan West Africa. In Europe, they are mostly found on farmland where they nest in thick scrub and feed on bare ground, enjoying the seeds of wildflowers.

 Very sadly, the UK population  has declined by 98% since 1967.  A loss of suitable and accessible seed food has been the most significant factor in driving the decline, combined with unsustainable levels of hunting during their migration to and from West Africa. There are now less than 1,000 breeding pairs of turtle doves in the wild in the UK.

Our Turtle Dove mix contains

• wheat
• oil seed rape
• white millet
• canary seed
• sunflower hearts

Other seed eating farmland birds such as Linnet, House Sparrow, Tree Sparrow, Reed Bunting, Corn Bunting and Yellowhammer have been found to be more abundant on fed plots and the presence of these other farmland birds can actually alert Turtle Doves to the presence of the seed, which is a great bonus.