Archive for December, 2013
Tarpaflex donates debris netting
Posted on Wednesday, December 4th, 2013 by Andrew Taylor
Over the last few years we have found debris netting to be the ideal material to cover our bustard pens. It has two main advantages – its fine mesh size which removes the possibility of a bird becoming caught in the netting, and its softness compared to other netting types, reducing the chance of feather damage from contact […]
The Great Crane Project
Posted on Wednesday, December 4th, 2013 by Andrew Taylor
We have taken the opportunity provided this autumn by the absence of released great bustards in Wiltshire to visit and learn from a range of similar translocation projects. The last in that series of visits was to the closest and most similar project in the UK – the Great Crane Project in Somerset. This project […]