Turtle Dove - 1949

Streptopelia turtur

Mathew knew of only one breeding record, at Orielton.  Congreve has suggested that eggs have been taken in the county, but there appear to be no recent records.  Drane's record of breeding at Skomer in June 1989 was obviously an error for Stock-Dove.  A regular passage migrant in small numbers, including the islands.

R.M.Lockley, G.C.S.Ingram, H.M.Salmon, 1949, The Birds of Pembrokeshire, The West Wales Field Society

Turtle Dove - 1994

Passage migrant, has bred. Not recorded from December to March

Mathew (1894) recorded Turtle Doves breeding at Orielton, and Congreve suggested that eggs had been taken from Pembrokeshire, according to Lockley et al. (1949).

It is now a regular passage migrant in small numbers, arriving from 15 April but mostly in May. Singing birds sometimes linger through June and into July but there have been no recent breeding records.

Fewer Turtle Doves are seen in the autumn than in spring. Those that do occur are mostly in September and early October, but some have been noted up to 23 October, with a late bird feeding with Collared Doves at Stackpole on 4 November 1983. One ringed on Skokholm in April 1969 was recovered the next month in Galway, Ireland.

Donovan J.W. & Rees G.H (1994), Birds of Pembrokeshire

Turtle Dove - 1970s breeding

Red = breeding confirmed

Orange = breeding probable

Yellow = breeding possible

Turtle Dove - 1894

Species account from M Mathew, 1894, "The Birds of Pembrokeshire and its islands"

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