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Population trends for Turtle Dove in the UK and England 2025

Abstract

This spreadsheet presents indices of Turtle Dove population trends in England and in the UK, showing change in population between 1994 and 2025, published on 11 December 2025.

The statistics are based on data gathered through the BTO/RSPB/JNCC Breeding Bird Survey (BBS), which is a long-term citizen science monitoring scheme involving annual sampling at thousands of sites across the UK. The BBS reports population trends annually for over 100 UK breeding bird species, and is usually published in Spring.

Trends are presented for the UK and England. Trends are reported for the duration of the BBS (1994–2025), and for more recent shorter time periods (1-year, 5-year, and 10-year).

The data are provided in a spreadsheet (in Excel and OpenDocument Spreadsheet format) and are available under Open Government Licence Attribution statement: Breeding Bird Survey (BBS) data © copyright and database right 2025.

These resources may not be fully accessible for all users. If you need a copy in a different or more accessible format, please contact Communications@jncc.gov.uk.

Resource type NonGeographicDataset

Topic category Environment

Reference date 2025·12·11

Lineage
Based on data collected through the BTO/RSPB/JNCC Breeding Bird Survey.

Responsible organisation
Digital and Data Solutions, JNCC publisher

Limitations on public access No limitations

Use constraints Available under the Open Government Licence 3.0. Contains Breeding Bird Survey (BBS) data © copyright and database right 2025. BBS is a partnership jointly funded by the BTO, RSPB and JNCC with fieldwork conducted by volunteers.

Metadata date 2025·12·11

Metadata point of contact
Digital and Data Solutions, JNCC

Temporal extent 1994·· 2025··

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