Turtle dove
The turtle dove is the UK's fastest declining bird species and is on the brink of extinction. A small and pretty pigeon, it breeds in lowland England and winters in Sub-Saharan Africa.
The turtle dove is the UK's fastest declining bird species and is on the brink of extinction. A small and pretty pigeon, it breeds in lowland England and winters in Sub-Saharan Africa.
A giant of the sea turtle world, leatherback turtles are ocean wanderers searching the seas for jellyfish. Unlike other sea turtles, leatherback turtles don’t mind the cold! This means they can…
Braintree Local Group are looking for a Events Co-Ordinator to arrange the Local Group's events.
Mike Abel from the Essex Beekeepers Association will present an illustrated talk on the life-cycles of bees, and their importance to the wider ecology.
Sarah Curtis is a beekeeper and her talk will be about bees in particular as regards to the problems they face from the invasive species the Asian Hornet.
Essex Polica have launched an operation to protect birds and other wildlife on our shores.
The wild rock dove is the ancestor to what is probably our most familiar bird - the feral pigeon, which is often found in large numbers in our towns and cities.
The stock dove looks very much like the woodpigeon, but without the white neck and wing patches. It can be spotted in woodlands and parks, and on farmland in winter, but rarely visits our gardens…