How are Somerset's Cranes Doing?

Damon Bridge, RSPB Somerset Project Manager, reveals some promising stats on how Somerset's cranes are faring after the Great Crane Project reintroduction... How are Somerset's Cranes doing? Well…we...
A scene not seen for 400 years

Here's a story about a re-introduction project - The Great Crane Project to be precise. The link to our regular theme of special places is strong - without efforts to protect the best (in this case the...
Meet the cranes

Exciting times down on the Somerset Levels and Moors. After months of tender care our first batch of twenty one cranes are starting to take their first tentative steps into the wild. As you'll recall...
Bird of the month: the crane

This magnificent bird is a true conservation success story and the fabulous flocks they form are one of winter’s finest sights. Cranes returned to the UK in 1979, following hundreds of years of extinction...
Arne on YouTube, cranes on BBC, and bramblings in our garden

Second week back after the Xmas break and I'm starting to catch up with things. Lots of hopefully interetsting stories on the horizon, but we'll kick off the year with a review of what's been catching...