Tuesday, April 30, 2013

The bird can't speak for itself.

Protect Turtle Doves from Extinction (click here)

By Andrew Helton

...The Royal Society for the Protection of Birds, a charity devoted to protecting bird habitats and populations, recently launched Operation Turtle Dove, which encourages farmers to protect nesting areas and plant flowers that produce the seeds they feed on....
This is no joke, this bird is facing extinction. Cameron needs to do something and act to protect the habitat. He needs to call the conservationists into his office and set up protections that will work.

 Water and air quality as well as dedicated land for the proper nutrition of this species will serve a good outcome.
...Turtle doves (click here) are one of the most endangered birds in the UK, but the population here has been given a boost by the creativity of a 6-year-old girl from Sheffield.
Operation Turtle Dove, a partnership project to save this bird on the brink of extinction, launched the competition to find names for their two logo birds. And thanks to Alice Stavert-Dobson, they are now christened as Heart and Hope.
Alice (pictured below with her sister) said: “I chose ‘Heart’ to represent love and ‘Hope’ because I hope turtle doves will still be here in the future. I was really pleased to win the competition and I can’t wait to go and see the turtle doves this summer in Pensthorpe Nature Reserve.”...

1 Red-necked phalarope
2 Black-tailed godwit
3 Scottish wildcat
4 Capercaillie
5 Cuckoo
6 Red squirrel
7 Turtle dove
8 Natterjack toad
9 Brown hare
10 Hedgehog


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