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European turtle dove · Streptopelia turtur
SP_Menorca 2024_3
This bird has stayed within a few kilometres since 16 Sept 2025 — it may be resident, or the tag may have failed
- Distance
- 2 kmalong recorded positions
- Tracked for
- 6 days16 Sept 2025 – 22 Sept 2025
- Positions
- 30GPS fixes stored
- Latest fix
- 22 Sept 202539.99°N, 4.24°E
Where SP_Menorca 2024_3 has been
About European turtle doves
The soft, rolling turrr-turrr of the turtle dove is a sound Europe very nearly lost: Germany has shed almost 90% of its breeding pairs since 1980, and the Netherlands is down to somewhere between 600 and 900. It is the only dove of central Europe that is a true long-distance migrant, leaving a Dutch hedgerow to cross the Sahara and winter in the Sahel, some 5,000 km away.
Data: Habitrack European Turtle Dove (Movebank study 3413045568, CC BY) via Movebank. Tracking identifier SP_Menorca 2024_3.