Bird groups split over chough colony....... (1 Viewer)

[El Annie]

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

 

[Andrew]

Check out my post elsewhere. 'Cornish Choughs'. It is an interesting occurance. All the hard work raising some Choughs for release and then some wild ones return off their own bat after so many years of absence.

 

[Ronald Zee]

Annie - Andrew

This was posted more than 2 years ago, does any of you 2 know if these wild Choughs are still there?

 

[Andrew]

Yes they are and doing quite well. Some even travel over to the Land's End area.

 

[Nutcracker]

The wild ones are doing well.

I also remember someone posting that the released ones all died - they were not well prepared for life in the wild