Turtle Doves in the Brecks Talk

Hear from RSPB Operation Turtle Dove about the conservation efforts in the Brecks to protect and support these beautiful, endangered birds.

Turtle Doves were once the UK’s fastest declining bird species and are listed as vulnerable on a global scale. A vibrant, dainty species of dove with a charismatic turr-turring call from which its name derives, numbers in the UK plummeted by an estimated 99% between their peak in the late 1960s and 2023.

There are currently around 2,000 breeding pairs in the UK and some can be found in the Norfolk and Suffolk Brecks.

Join Matt Horsham, Community Project Officer for the Brecks' Operation Turtle Dove, to find out more about this bird in the Brecks, the work being done to try to protect and support it, and how you can get involved.

When: Thursday 26th February

Where: The Guildhall, Market Place, Thetford IP24 2DS

Time: 7-8pm, doors open at 6.45pm

Cost: £3.50 per person

Accessibility: This event is accessible to wheelchair and mobility scooter users. If you have any specific questions about accessibility, please get in touch by replying to this email, or via bfer.admin@suffolk.gov.uk or calling 01473 265600

Public Transport: The nearest station is Thetford Train Station, about a 10 minute walk away. Thetford bus interchange is also a 6 minute walk away.

Parking: There is free parking with no time limit on Cage Lane IP24 2DS, or Tanner Street IP24 2BQ, or School Lane IP24 2AG.