Confusing late EUROPEAN TURTLE DOVES
UK400ClubRareBirdAlert (Free subscription) | 17/11/2009
... shows very slightly longer legs and larger feet when feeding on the ground. I am also indebted to Graham Catley who has provided some outstanding images of a typical late autumn juvenile European Turtle Dove he photographed in Lincolnshire on 29 September 2004 (the 3 images below). However, note the well-defined neck patch on the Lincolnshire bird, suggesting it had fledged in Britain...