TURTLE DOVE
Streptopelia turtur - Post 1985 c.55
TBOSG
J |
F |
M |
A |
M |
J |
J |
A |
S |
O |
N |
D |
|
|
|
* |
* |
* |
* |
* |
* |
* |
|
|
2017
OCTOBER: A 1st winter was found on Northwick
Warth 200 metres south of the Second Sentry
Box on the 1st. Missing on the 2nd, it
reappeared on the the 3rd and was still
present on the 7th.
2016
A spring adult was first seen drinking from
a puddle on the Severn Way by the entrance
gate to Northwick Warth at 15:15 on May
11th. It relocated to The Glen and was
viewable from the roadway before moving to
the garden of one of the beachfront
properties adjacent. It was still present on
May 12th - 13th in the New Passage area.
2013
One was seen at near The Yacht Club,
Oldbury-on-Severn around 11:00 on September
29th.
2012
One was seen briefly at Severn Beach at
around 09:30 on April 23rd; At Oldbury Power
Station one was found at 17:10 along the sea
wall then around Lagoon I on April 30th; One
was seen in the New Passage/ Northwick Warth
area on May 2nd; One was seen in flight to
the south-west at New Passage on September
26th.
2011
One was seen in bushes on the Severn Way
south of Severn Beach at 06:15 on April
24th; An unconfirmed report of one at Severn
Beach on May 6th.
2009
One was seen at Marshfield on July 25th
flying towards Harcombe Wood near Ebbdown
Farm.
2008
One was seen in flight south over Rushmead
Lane near Marshfield at 14:54 on September
12th.
2007
One was seen in flight at ST: 773 738 near
Marshfield on the evening of June 2nd.
2006
One was noted at Oldbury Power Station on
April 22nd; One was present in a garden at
Rangeworthy from May 22nd - 26th.
2003
A juvenile was present at New Passage on
September 3rd.
2001
One was seen to come in off the sea and from
the west at 06:40 at New Passage on May
13th; One was noted at Severn Beach on
August 17th.
2000
One was reported from New Passage on May
13th.
1999
One was reported at Northwick Warth on May
29th.
1998
One was present at Northwick Warth on April
27th; One was reported at New Passage on May
30th - 31st.
1997
One was seen in flight to the north-east at
Northwick Warth on May 17th; Two adults were
heard calling near Westerleigh on June 28th.
1996
One was seen at New Passage on June 2nd; One
was reported from Downend on September 17th.
1995
One was seen in the Marshfield area on May
7th; One was present at Severn Beach on July
1st.
1994
One was reported from Inglestone Common,
Wickwar on May 14th; One was noted at
Frenchay on June 8th.
1993
Three were noted at Oldbury Power Station on
May 6th; One was present at Inglestone
Common, Wickwar on May 23rd.
1992
One was reported from Mangotsfield on July
4th.
1991
One was noted at Tortworth on July 7th.
1990
One was seen at Hambrook on May 3rd; One was
present at Oldbury Power Station on May
24th; One was reported from Hinton on June
15th; One was seen in the Marshfield area on
June 26th and again on July 8th where
breeding was suspected.
1989
One was seen at New Passage on April 22nd;
One was present at Severn Beach on April
29th; One was noted at Tytherington on May
14th; Three were present at Severn Beach on
May 21st; One was seen at Yate Rocks on May
24th; One was noted at Inglestone Common ,
Wickwar on May 27th with a further two on
June 11th; One was reported from New Passage
on June 13th.
1988
Two were seen at Severn Beach on April 10th.
1987
One was seen at Severn Beach on May 7th; One
was present at Tormarton on July 1st.
1986
One was present at Golden Valley LNR, Wick
on August 19th.
1985
Noted in several areas between May 10th and
early August but no specific locations.
1984
Noted from several areas between April 27th
and September 29th but no specific
locations.
1983
Noted from several areas between May 9th and
October 2nd with breeding probable at
Chipping Sodbury Common where two adults and
a juvenile were present on July 8th.
1982
Noted from several areas between May 8th and
September 16th but no specific locations.
1980
Noted from several areas between April 23rd
and August 23rd but no specific locations.
1979
Noted from several areas between May 7th and
September 18th but no specific locations.
1978
Reported between April 29th and July 21st
from Cromhall, Tytherington, Inglestone
Common/ Wickwar, Alveston, Stoke Park and
Oakford/ St. Catherine.
1977
Noted from several areas between May 8th and
September 24th but no specific locations.
1975
Noted from several areas between April 28th
and August 17th but no specific locations.
1974
Reported between May 26th and August 11th
from Tortworth, Inglestone Common near
Wickwar, Oakford and Tormarton.
1973
Up to two birds reported between April 24th
and September 14th from Cromhall, Lower
Woods near Wickwar, Thornbury, Severn Beach,
Tormarton and Marshfield.
1967
Single birds were noted at Tortworth Lake on
April 30th; Inglestone Common on May 26th;
Severn Beach on June 18th; New Passage on
August 2nd.
1966
Reported from Inglestone Common, Filton and
New Passage.
1962
There are breeding season records from
Marshfield but no reference to numbers or
more specific locations.