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During the Autumn and Winter months we undertake a lot of our monitoring, looking at numbers of birds and for natural productivity. This morning our thermal scope was very useful when we were caught in a brief snow shower, easily showing us this drove of females.

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Great Bustards enjoying a brief spell of sunshine recently.The black 17 wing tag identifies one of these females as a bird that was rescued as an egg from silage cutting in Russia, in 2011, before getting released onto Salisbury Plain. Thanks to Paul Carson for the photo.

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Happy new year, we wish all our supporters a healthy, happy and successful 2025. Photo thanks to Phillip Tryner.

We have a couple of volunteer opportunities available, please email [email protected] if you are interested in either role.

A rather cold day to be out and about, we enjoyed watching the Great Bustards preening this morning, as well as spotting these Grey Partridge. Our guided visits run daily through out the year, a brilliant chance to get some Wintery pictures at the moment! store.greatbustard.org/book-online

A few of the Great Bustards currently wintering near Cangzhou in Hebei Province.

We are starting to notice some of the males are getting ready for the upcoming breeding season, this rather spectacular set of whiskers was spotted on show earlier today.

The number of males continues to creep up as we get closer to spring and the lek. This drove of 10 were easily visible this morning on open ground, despite the gloomy light.

Someone was certainly making his presence felt this morning! If you have been waiting to book your visit so you can see the males displaying, then now is the time to get it organised. store.greatbustard.org/service-page/d…

When she's just not that into you... We are seeing the males are putting on some fabulous displays hoping to attract a female, however this one is playing a little hard to get! store.greatbustard.org/booking-calend…

At this time of year our volunteer drone team are out every morning searching for nesting females. Once a female is on her nest, she will not move even for farm machinery. Once we identify females on nests that are in danger, we can work with the farmers to ensure her safety.

We are looking to fill a full time position for the summer months.Duties include helping with headstarting chicks from eggs rescued from endangered clutches.Apply by sending a CV + covering letter to [email protected] greatbustard.org/projects/summe… Do not apply on here.

Our visitor centre at Enford Village Hall will now be open every Thursday afternoon, between 1 and 4. Please pop by for all your gift shopping, information on visits and to have a chat about all things Bustard! Photo credit: Duncan Glover

Identified by their unique leg ring numbers, red 75 and red 85 were spotted together earlier this week. Both were rescued from silage cutting in Spain and hatched just 6 days apart in 2019 and were part of the same release that year.