European Turtle-Dove

Streptopelia turtur

13,049Records since 2000

MayPeak month

73Counties with records

VulnerableIUCN Red List

When it is recorded

Jan26

Feb18

Mar11

Apr547

May4,498

Jun2,807

Jul2,395

Aug1,323

Sep657

Oct271

Nov11

Dec8

GBIF records by month, 2000–2025 (all years combined).

#	County	Nation	Records
1	Cambridgeshire	England	3,154
2	Kent	England	1,771
3	Suffolk	England	1,269
4	Norfolk	England	803
5	Essex	England	755
6	Lincolnshire	England	702
7	North Yorkshire	England	308
8	Oxfordshire	England	283
9	Isles of Scilly	England	230
10	Nottinghamshire	England	210
11	East Riding of Yorkshire	England	206
12	Thurrock	England	202
13	Peterborough	England	146
14	Shetland Islands	—	130
15	Dorset	England	124

12,755 England222 Scotland53 Wales2 Northern Ireland

Records per county (GADM level 2) and per nation; one record can count towards several areas. 73 counties in all.

Records since 2000: 13,049
Peak month: May
Counties with records: 73
IUCN Red List: Vulnerable
Scientific name: Streptopelia turtur
Also known as: Turtle Dove
Group: Birds
NBN Atlas records since 2000: 17,964
Most recorded in: Cambridgeshire, Kent, Suffolk, Norfolk, Essex, Lincolnshire, North Yorkshire, Oxfordshire, Isles of Scilly, Nottinghamshire, East Riding of Yorkshire, Thurrock +11
Conservation designations: Birds Directive, Wildlife (NI) Order 1985, EU wildlife trade (CITES) annexes, Birds of Conservation Concern, Biodiversity List – Northern Ireland, GB Red List (2001 IUCN criteria), Biodiversity List – England, Biodiversity List – Wales, UK BAP priority species, Scottish Biodiversity List
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Aves
Order: Columbiformes
Family: Columbidae
Genus: Streptopelia
Name with authority: Streptopelia turtur (Linnaeus, 1758)
Described: 1758
Contributing datasets: 17