Fergus Gill / 2020VISION / Collared dove (Streptopelia decaocto) perched on a snow covered branch, Perthshire, Scotland, UK, April.

Luke Massey / 2020VISION / Two Turtle doves (Streptopelia turtur) perched on a rusting iron rail in a rain shower, Essex, England, UK, June.

Stephen Dalton / Ringneck / Java dove {Streptopelia roseogrisea} flight sequence, multiflash image, UK

Stephen Dalton / Ringneck / Java dove {Streptopelia roseogrisea} flight sequence, multiflash image, controlled conditions

Wild Wonders of Europe / Varesvuo / Turtle Dove (Streptopelia turtur) pair, Pusztaszer, Hungary, May 2008

Wild Wonders of Europe / Varesvuo / Turtle Dove (Streptopelia turtur) landing at water, Pusztaszer, Hungary, May 2008. Magic Moments book plate.

Wild Wonders of Europe / Varesvuo / Turtle dove (Streptopelia turtur) at water, Pusztaszer, Hungary, May 2008

Jose B. Ruiz / Collared dove {Streptopelia decaocto} drinking from bird bath, Moralet, Alicante, Spain

Terry Andrewartha / Two Collared doves (Streptopelia decaocto) on tree in blossom, UK

David Tipling / ALE (Administrative Law Enforcement) Police with confiscated turtle doves (Streptopelia turtur) and equipment from dove trapping area, during BirdLife Malta Springwatch Camp, April 2013

David Tipling / Xray of shot Turtle Dove (Streptopelia turtur) showing gun shot lodged in muscle, during BirdLife Malta Springwatch Camp, Malta, April 2013

David Tipling / Vet examining shot Turtle Dove (Streptopelia turtur)Malta, during BirdLife Malta Springwatch Camp

David Tipling / ALE (Administrative Law Enforcement) Police with confiscated turtle doves (Streptopelia turtur) and equipment from dove trapping area, during BirdLife Malta Springwatch Camp, April 2013

David Tipling / BirdLife Malta Officer with seized turtle doves (Streptopelia turtur) and trapping paraphernalia following a police raid on illegal trapping site, during BirdLife Malta Springwatch Camp, Malta, April...

David Tipling / BirdLife Malta Officer with seized turtle doves (Streptopelia turtur) and trapping paraphernalia following a police raid on illegal trapping site, during BirdLife Malta Springwatch Camp, Malta, April...

David Tipling / ALE (Administrative Law Enforcement) police with confiscated turtle doves (Streptopelia turtur) and equipment from dove trapping area, during BirdLife Malta Springwatch Camp, Malta, April 2013. No rel...

David Tipling / Seized turtle doves (Streptopelia turtur) used as decoys at trapping site, raided by police, during BirdLife Malta Springwatch Camp, Malta, April 2013

David Tipling / Fiona Burrows from BirdLife Malta and ALE (Administrative Law Enforcement) Officer monitoring illegal Turtle Dove (Streptopelia turtur) trappers on hillside, during BirdLife Malta Spring Watch Camp,...

David Tipling / Fiona Burrows from BirdLife Malta and ALE (Administrative Law Enforcement) Officer monitoring illegal Turtle Dove (Streptopelia turtur) trappers on hillside, during BirdLife Malta Spring Watch Camp,...

David Tipling / Hunters looking for Turtle Doves (Streptopelia turtur) and Quail (Coturnix coturnix) during BirdLife Malta Springwatch Camp, Malta, April 2013

David Tipling / Hunter looking for Turtle Doves (Streptopelia turtur) and Quail (Coturnix coturnix) during BirdLife Malta Springwatch Camp, Malta, April 2013 EDITORIAL USE ONLY

David Tipling / Hunter looking for Turtle Doves (Streptopelia turtur) and Quail (Coturnix coturnix) during BirdLife Malta Springwatch Camp, Malta, April 2013. EDITORIAL USE ONLY

David Tipling / Turtle doves (Streptopelia turtur) used as decoys at trapping site raided by police, Malta, during Birdlife Malta Springwatch Camp, April 2013

David Tipling / ALE (Administrative Law Enforcement) Police with confiscated turtle doves (Streptopelia turtur) and equipment from dove trapping area, Malta, during Birdlife Malta Springwatch Camp, April 2013

David Tipling / Turtle Dove (Streptopelia turtur) shot in chest, put down by vet, next to gun cartridge, Birdlife Malta Springwatch Camp, Malta, April 2013

David Tipling / Turtle Dove (Streptopelia turtur) shot in chest, put down by vet, next to gun cartridges, Birdlife Malta Springwatch Camp, Malta, April 2013

David Tipling / Turtle Dove (Streptopelia turtur) shot in chest, put down by vet, Birdlife Malta Springwatch Camp, Malta, April 2013

David Tipling / Turtle Dove (Streptopelia turtur) used as a decoy by hunters to attract other birds, awaiting release back into the wild, Birdlife Malta Springwatch Camp, Malta, April 2013

David Tipling / Turtle Dove (Streptopelia turtur) used as a decoy by hunters to attract other birds, awaiting release back into the wild, Birdlife Malta Springwatch Camp, Malta, April 2013

David Tipling / Turtle Doves (Streptopelia turtur) fighting in flight, Norfolk, UK, June

Juan Manuel Borrero / Illustration of European Turtle-dove (Streptopelia turtur). Pencil and watercolor painting.

Fergus Gill / 2020VISION / Collared dove (Streptopelia decaocto), Perthshire, Scotland, UK, June.

Konrad Wothe / Collared Doves (Streptopelia decaocto) nesting in letter U of neon advertising sign, Germany, Europe, October

Luke Massey / 2020VISION / Turtle dove (Streptopelia turtur) perched on a rusting iron railing in a rain shower, Essex, England, UK, June.

Luke Massey / 2020VISION / Turtle dove (Streptopelia turtur) perched on a barbed wire fence in a rain shower, Essex, England, UK, June.

Bert Willaert / Hunter holding up a haul of illegaly shot birds, including Black winged stilt (Himantopus himantopus), Corncrake (Crex crex), Quail (Coturnix coturnix) and Turtle dove (Streptopelia turtur), Chorochi...

Hanne & Jens Eriksen / Collared dove (Streptopelia decaocto) on golf lawn, Oman, December

Colin Varndell / Adult Collared dove (Streptopelia decaocto), Dorset, UK, March

Philippe Clement / Collared dove (Streptopelia decaocto) preening its tail feathers, Belgium, June

Philippe Clement / Great spotted woodpecker juvenile (Dendrocopos major), Eurasian collared dove (Streptopelia decaocto), Blue tit (Parus caeruleus) and Great tit (Parus major) eating peanuts from bird feeder on balcony...

Tom Vezo / Mourning Dove (Zenaida macroura), Green Valley, Arizona

Michel Poinsignon / Collared dove (Streptopelia decaocto) perched on mossy branch, Lorraine, France December.

Michel Poinsignon / Collared dove (Streptopelia decaocto) perched on mossy branch in winter during snowfall, Lorraine, France December.

Erlend Haarberg / Turtle dove (Streptopelia turtur) portrait, Hungary, July

Markus Varesvuo / Two Turtle doves (Streptopelia turtur) on barbed wire fence, Israel, May

Markus Varesvuo / Turtle dove (Streptopelia turtur) Hungary, May

Markus Varesvuo / Turtle dove (Streptopelia turtur) drinking, Hungary, May

Sue Flood / Turtle Dove (Streptopelia turtur) portrait. Kiskunsagi National Park, Hungary, May.

Markus Varesvuo / Turtle Dove (Streptopelia turtur) Israel

Markus Varesvuo / Collared doves (Streptopelia decaocto) Israel

Scott Leslie / Mourning Dove (Zenaida macroura) group in winter, Nova Scotia, Canada

Scott Leslie / Mourning Dove (Zenaida macroura) group in winter, Nova Scotia, Canada

Loic Poidevin / Turtle Dove (Streptopelia turtur) perched on a fence. Breton Marsh, French Atlantic Coast, July.

Philippe Clement / Eurasian Collared Dove (Streptopelia decaocto). Belgium, June.

Richard Du Toit / Ring-necked Dove (Streptopelia capicola) pair, Limpopo, South Africa

Axel Gomille / Sloth Bear (Melursus ursinus) sub-adult and dove (Streptopelia). Karnataka, India, April.

Fergus Gill / Collared dove (Streptopelia decaocto) resting on a snowy branch in winter. Perthshire, Scotland, December

Tui De Roy / Ring-necked Dove (Streptopelia capicola) pair, Tumaren Ranch, Kenya

Philippe Clement / Eurasian Collared dove (Streptopelia decaocto) drinking from bird bath in garden in summer, Belgium, June

Laurent Geslin / Ring necked dove (Streptopelia capicola) Chobe National Park, Botswana, Southern Africa, August

Laurent Geslin / Collared dove (Streptopelia decaocto) nesting on a balcony, with view of urban landscape behind, France, March.

Paul Hobson / Collared dove, (Streptopelia decaocto) portrait in the snow, Peak District, England, UK. December.

Stephen Dalton / Ringneck / Java dove (Streptopelia roseogrisea) in flight, controlled conditions

Philippe Clement / Eurasian collared dove (Streptopelia decaocto) perched on fence in snow, Belgium

Stephen Dalton / Ringneck / Java dove {Streptopelia roseogrisea} flight sequence, multiflash image, UK

Stephen Dalton / Java / Ringneck dove {Streptopelia roseogrisea} flight sequence, multiflash image, controlled conditions

Patricio Robles Gil / Red eyed dove (Streptopelia semitorquata) perched, Simien Mountains NP, Ethiopia

David Tipling / Collared Dove {Streptopelia decaocto} perched on garden hedge, UK

David Tipling / Collared dove {Streptopelia decaocto} feeding on seeds from ground bird feeder, Norfolk, UK

Alan Williams / Turtle dove (Streptopelia turtur) standing in shallow water of a lake to drink, Essex, UK, August

Yuri Shibnev / Two Oriental / Eastern turtle dove (Streptopelia orientalis) chicks in nest, South Primorskiy, Ussuriland, Russia

Yuri Shibnev / Oriental / Eastern turtle dove (Streptopelia orientalis) nest with two eggs in it, South Primorskiy, Ussuriland, Russia

Wild Wonders of Europe / Varesvuo / Turtle Dove (Streptopelia turtur) Pusztaszer, Hungary, May 2008

Wild Wonders of Europe / Varesvuo / Turtle Dove (Streptopelia turtur) landing at water, Pusztaszer, Hungary, May 2008

Wild Wonders of Europe / Varesvuo / Turtle Dove (Streptopelia turtur) pair, Pusztaszer, Hungary, May 2008

Wild Wonders of Europe / Nill / Turtle dove (Streptopelia turtur) Bulgaria, May 2008

Wild Wonders of Europe / Varesvuo / Turtle Dove (Streptopelia turtur) pair, Pusztaszer, Hungary, May 2008

Wild Wonders of Europe / Nill / Turtle Dove (Streptopelia turtur) in flight, Bulgaria, May 2008

Scott Leslie / Eurasian Collared-Dove (Streptopelia decaocto), Kissimmee Prairie Preserve State Park, Florida

Niall Benvie / Collared dove {Streptopelia decaocto} at water's edge, Alicante, Spain

Jouan & Rius / Ring-necked dove (Streptopelia capicola), Kgalagadi Transfrontier Park, Kalahari desert, South Africa

Jose B. Ruiz / Collared dove (Streptopelia decaocto) perched on rock, Alicante, Spain

Jose B. Ruiz / Collared dove (Streptopelia decaocto) pair perched near water, Alicante, Spain

Jose B. Ruiz / Collared dove (Streptopelia decaocto) reflected in water, Alicante, Spain

Jose B. Ruiz / Collared dove (Streptopelia decaocto) perched on rock, Alicante, Spain

Jose B. Ruiz / Collared dove (Streptopelia decaocto) perched on rock, Alicante, Spain

Jose B. Ruiz / Collared Dove (Streptopelia decaocto) drinking, Spain

Dietmar Nill / Collared Dove (Streptopelia decaocto) at waterhole, Bulgaria

Jose B. Ruiz / Collared dove at water {Streptopelia decaocto} Spain

Jose B. Ruiz / Collared dove {Streptopelia decaocto} Plá de Xirau, Alicante, Spain

Jose B. Ruiz / Collared dove {Streptopelia decaocto} perching next to bird bath, Pla de Xirau, Alicante, Spain

Jose B. Ruiz / Collared dove {Streptopelia decaocto} perching next to bird bath, Plá de Xirau, Alicante, Spain

Jose B. Ruiz / Collared dove {Streptopelia decaocto} drinking from bird bath, Moralet, Alicante, Spain

Jose B. Ruiz / Collared dove {Streptopelia decaocto} perching at edge of bird bath, Moralet, Alicante, Spain

Jose B. Ruiz / Collared dove {Streptopelia decaocto} portrait perching at bird bath, Moralet, Alicante, Spain

Gary K. Smith / Young Collard doves {Streptopelia decaocto} in nest behind satellite TV reciever, Norfolk, UK, June