Its been a busy couple of days getting things set up for release and bringing up a couple of local people for the last feeds and it was a relief to remember where I’d put the hatch lock keys!

The birds have been stretching and flapping their wings for a little while now and seem eager to go.

We got into hides at 4am on the 10th August and Andrew went to open the hatches. We did this when it was still gloomy as we…