Archive for September, 2012
Further Russian census updates
Posted on Sunday, September 30th, 2012 by David Waters
On the 24th Sept the weather changed and we had heavy rain. The field tracks on which we drive quickly become impossible to drive on. The afternoon brightened up and the rain stopped. He big numbers of Buzzard species continued to be seen, approved feeding out on the recently ploughed fields. Mice, information pills voles […]
Release 2012 – the Russian-reared birds
Posted on Wednesday, September 26th, 2012 by Andrew Taylor
Two weeks ago the release process began for the chicks reared in Russia this year. All were moved to our new release site, unhealthy which gave us promising first results last year. The six young birds have been encouraged to make as gradual a transition to the wild as possible. For the first few days they […]
Autumn Great Bustard Census in Saratov
Posted on Monday, September 24th, 2012 by David Waters
Apologies for the lack of news of the Autumn Great Bustard Census in Saratov. I have been sending messages by Twitter but technology and I have our usual interface problem. I flew out to Moscow on Monday night and arrived at 4am on Tuesday. I Moscow I met with the Russian Woodcock Group – another […]
Good News for Romanian Bustards
Posted on Thursday, September 6th, 2012 by David Waters
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