Although it was one of the harshest winters in a long time, few birds were lost and no aviaries sustained any damage
Birdland is going on the market TOP Cotswold tourist attraction Birdland is up for sale. | This is Gloucestershire
Six King penguins arrived at Birdland from Edinburgh Zoo. Three arrived yesterday and the remaining three were due to move today. The minimum time they will spend at Birdland is six months, they could spend even longer. King penguins arrive at Birdland in the Cotswolds | This is Gloucestershire
In exchange for the 9 Chilean flamingo recently sent to Colchester , Birdland have received 9 Caribbean flamingo to add to their flock of 6 . The new arrivals were previously part of Raymond Sawyer's collection . A tawny frogmouth is being hand-reared .
New arrivals: 1.0 Brown Breasted Barbet from Chester 1.0 Red Billed Blue Pie 1.1 Von Der Deckens Hornbill 0.1 Orange Headed Ground Thrush from Chester (new species, a male is expected at a later date) 0.1 Western Grey Plantain Eater from a private breeder. Another new species
Yes, the same company has just purchased Expolaris Aquarium in Northern Ireland Sale of Major Visitor Attraction in the Cotswolds | News
Recent arrivals include female Marabou, male Burrowing Owl & unsexed Blacksmith Plover, all from Birdworld. Also arrived from private breeders female Luzon Bleeding Heart & male Siamese Fireback Pheasant
New arrivals from Paignton today: 1.0 Madagascar Teal 0.0.2 Pied Imperial Pigeons 1.0 Orange Headed Ground Thrush 1.1 Black Breasted Thrush
A pair of Western Grey Plantain Eaters have arrived from a private breeder In other news some damage was sustained during the storm with flooding leading to several of the large poplar trees uprooting including one landing on the gift shop, one falling through the Marabou paddock and one through the Macaw pen by the gift shop. All birds and staff safe and well and the park was back open within 3 days
Recent new arrivals include a pair of Humboldts from Zlin (CZ), a male Nicobar from Avifauna & an Orange Headed Ground Thrush from Cotswold
The following article on King Penguins in the winter EAZA newsletter is very interesting: http://www.eaza.net/News/EAZA_Magazine/EAZA NEWS Magazine/ZQ84.pdf In terms of the group at Birdland, does anyone know what their status is in the context of the current ESB strategy? From the article, it seems those identified by the ESB as 'core' collections will see new individuals arrive in order to maximise capacity and to maintain even sex ratios, using individuals (presumably females) from those collections not considered 'core' holdings, which will then only hold bachelor groups to absorb the skew towards males in the population (as Edinburgh has done). Is anyone able to answer the following: - Do Birdland cooperate with the ESB? (Its possible that owners of a private collection may not want to give up their remaining female penguins) - Have they been identified as a 'core' collection within the ESB? The article mentions each core site will ideally be maintained with a minimum of 12 animals with a 1:1 ratio. Current information on the Birdland site states that there are only 3 females in the birdland group of 13, I'm not sure how many of these have bred/are of breeding age. It would seem likely that either more would arrive in due course from other EAZA holders as they convert to bachelor groups unless the majority of the remaining Birdland females are not deemed viable. - If not a 'core' collection, is there now an expectation by the ESB that Birdland will convert to a bachelor group and send its remaining females elsewhere as Edinburgh have done? Also, I noticed that Birdland resigned their membership of BIAZA last year. Was this connected to the sale, or for some other reason?
A single King Penguin has hatched: The UK's first successful hatching in 5 years.. Two further eggs are also believed to be fertile Newly-hatched chick is Britain's first baby king penguin in five years | Mail Online
