El Annie
Tuesday 25th February 2003, 20:23
In today's conserv@tion - http://www.habitat.org.uk/news1.htm
Conservationists are in dispute over attempts to re-establish the chough, the emblem of Cornwall, in its natural habitat. The bird, a member of the crow family with an orange curved beak, had not bred in Cornwall for 50 years until 2001 when three birds arrived. Three male chicks were born last year but the tiny colony, on the Lizard peninsula, is considered highly fragile. Now rival organisations cannot agree whether to release captive-bred birds to help to boost numbers. Paradise Park at Hayle wants to release three females as part of a 22-year project supported by the Prince of Wales. But both English Nature and the Royal Society for the Protection of Birds say the release of captive-bred birds is too risky because they could come into conflict with the wild colony.
More information - Telegraph
Annie
Conservationists are in dispute over attempts to re-establish the chough, the emblem of Cornwall, in its natural habitat. The bird, a member of the crow family with an orange curved beak, had not bred in Cornwall for 50 years until 2001 when three birds arrived. Three male chicks were born last year but the tiny colony, on the Lizard peninsula, is considered highly fragile. Now rival organisations cannot agree whether to release captive-bred birds to help to boost numbers. Paradise Park at Hayle wants to release three females as part of a 22-year project supported by the Prince of Wales. But both English Nature and the Royal Society for the Protection of Birds say the release of captive-bred birds is too risky because they could come into conflict with the wild colony.
More information - Telegraph
Annie