the distinctive purr of a turtle dove and the rich song of nightingales. Both migratory birds are red-listed because of the huge declines they have suffered in recent decades, but are found here ...

There is also a naturally occurring cream-colored variant, and this species is known to hybridize with the ringed turtle ... Bird Count showed dramatic evidence of the Eurasian collared-dove ...

Countless turtle doves were found scattered in the streets, in flower beds and hanging tragically from trees "like Christmas balls" in the town of Faenza. Many of the birds that fell dead from the sky ...