@shiphaybirder.bsky.socialGillard Rd, Brixham, S Devon. Quick lunch break visit today to finally see Mark V's #TurtleDove in the horse field - just a stone's throw from work! Nice 📸 👇 by and big thanks to Mike P and @robmurphy.bsky.social for the info. #UKBirding #DevonBirds @rarebirder.bsky.social @birdguides.bsky.social
@flusteredduck.bsky.socialThe blood of medieval turtledoves was said to help with eye ailments. This illustration of a mated pair is from an English bestiary (c1200-1210). #medievalmanuscripts #medievalbeasts #turtledove #turtledoves
![Two grey turtledoves are perched on a green leaved plant with yellow and white flowers touching their beaks together. The illustration has a dark gilt background and is in a black-bordered blue circle on a manuscript page. Image from British Library, Royal MS 12 C XIX [Bestiary (First Family)], folio 53r.](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_fullsize/plain/did:plc:hmq6dpbhsfnbzqxa6mrixd5i/bafkreidayuta454z57htsylzp6lmld2vk6eighp75o54ebxe7op5mygyje@jpeg)
@flusteredduck.bsky.socialThe medieval turtledove was considered a symbol of the holy church which remained faithful to Christ even after his death. This illustration is from "Ter Duinen Aviary" (1190-1200). #medievalmanuscripts #medievalbeasts #turtledove #turtledoves
![A concerned-looking white bird is walking towards the right in a lozenge set over the central part of a cross with red and blue text on each of its arms. There is red and blue text in a circle within the lozenge and black text on each four quarters of the page. Image from Grootseminarie Brugge, MS. 89/54 [Ter Duinen Aviary], folio 43v.](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_fullsize/plain/did:plc:hmq6dpbhsfnbzqxa6mrixd5i/bafkreifbre4cjyb23yszlgjap3cxc4uonru2tixbmgl5xr52lnaoprsiyi@jpeg)
@flusteredduck.bsky.socialAfter the death of its only mate, the surviving medieval turtledove was said to never perch on anything green as in this image of three solitary turtledoves from the "Bestiaire" of Guillaume le Clerc (c1265-1270). #medievalmanuscripts #medievalbeasts #turtledove #turtledoves
![A central dead tree has a solitary greenish-blue turtledove perched on its top with two other turtledoves on the ground on either side, each facing away from the tree. Although there is green beneath the tree, the ground and the tree where the turtledoves rest are brown. The illustration is bordered by a green washed frame and there is text visible above the top edge. Image from Bibliothèque Nationale de France, fr. 14969 [Bestiaire of Guillaume le Clerc], folio 50r.](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_fullsize/plain/did:plc:hmq6dpbhsfnbzqxa6mrixd5i/bafkreieqra3qty5t3kf4hio6jzled4w4bceshvacux2eaxtuqruewct3ea@jpeg)
@rytikerttunen.bsky.socialWow, they are making quick progress this year! 🕊️
@flusteredduck.bsky.socialThe medieval turtledove was said to be so faithful to its mate that its mate died it would never take another. This gorgeous illustration is from the Aberdeen Bestiary (c1200). #medievalmanuscripts #medievalbeasts #turtledove #turtledoves
![A pair of white doves sit at the top of a red-leaved stylised blue tree looking lovingly at each other. The illustration has a gilt background and is bordered by a red frame decorated with white lines on a manuscript page. Image from Aberdeen University Library, Univ. Lib. MS 24 [Aberdeen Bestiary (Second Family)], folio 31v.](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_fullsize/plain/did:plc:hmq6dpbhsfnbzqxa6mrixd5i/bafkreiebsps27wjbry3rt737rm7z5vjza6klkiwtys4vk3fw6eplkff4yu@jpeg)
@learnbirds.bsky.socialA turtle dove has nothing to do with the reptile. The name copies its song. Latin turtur mimics that soft rolling turr turr purr you hear on a warm June morning.
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@untoldmag.orgTurtle doves and migrants travel across borders that neither wind nor birds recognise. One is protected, hunted and managed; the other detained, pushed back and left to drown. Both raise the same question: where is home when borders and climate make it impossible?
