Streptopelia turtur – Turtur – Passage migrant, has bred.
More analysis of records and timing of migration in Turtle Dove 2018
Year | First sighting | Last sighting | Notes |
1993 | 10 May | 9 October | |
1994 | 1 May | 6 October | |
1995 | 30 April | 18 October | |
1996 | 27 April | 23 Sept | |
1997 | 1 May | 22 Sept | |
1998 | 8 May | 2 August | |
1999 | 5 April | 29 Sept | |
2000 | 23 April | 6 October | |
2001 | 29 April | 5 November | Two on 5 Nov, latest date for Pembrokeshire |
2002 | 16 May | 28 Sept | |
2003 | 22 April | 13 October | |
2004 | 19 April | 16 October | |
2005 | 30 April | 7 October | |
2006 | 23 April | No autumn records | |
2007 | 9 June | 5 October | |
2008 | 15 May | No autumn records | |
2009 | 27 April | 18 October | |
2010 | 28 April | 22 Sept | One winter record at Strumble Head on 31 December |
2011 | 20 April | 27 October | One winter record at Strumble Head on 1 January |
2012 | 14 May | 4 October | |
2013 | 17 May | 6 October | One wintered in various St Davids gardens from 19 Jan-14 May. |
2014 | 15 May | No autumn records | |
2015 | 8 May | No autumn records | |
2016 | 4 May | No autumn records | |
2017 | 8 May | 20 October | |
2018 | 23 May | 4 October | |
2019 | 14 May | 23 October | One in a Camrose garden on 1 January |
2020 | 13 April | 19 September |
Records extracted from the Pembrokeshire Bird Reports which may contain more detail than shown here