Farmers thanked for saving turtle dove habitats

Work to boost species numbers has been hailed sucess as hundreds sign-up to Operation Turtle Dove

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Farmers are being praised for saving seasonal favourites the turtle dove
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Farmers are being praised for saving seasonal favourites the turtle dove

Should you, as the famous old song suggests, be planning on presenting your ‘true love' with two turtle doves this Christmas, then its worth also thanking a farmer after hundreds of land managers backed...

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