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Essex RSPB explains why UK's Turtle Dove population has declined

The RSPB has discovered why the Turtle Dove is the UK's fastest declining bird.

Two-thirds of the UK population can be found in the East of England, with 12% of the breeding birds in Essex.

Turtle Dove numbers have dropped by 96% since 1970.

Samantha Lee, a Turtle Dove Conservation Advisor for the RSPB in Essex, tells 大象传媒 Essex presenter, Mark Matthews, why numbers have been steadily falling.

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