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14th of March 2014 – Species Spotlight – Grey Peacock Pheasant
This week we concentrate on one of our first egg layers of the year Grey Peacock Pheasant Polyplectron bicalcaratum Native to South East Asia and parts of India, where they frequent areas of lowland. They are the National bird of Myanmar and numbers are doing OK in the...
7th of March 2014 – Species Spotlight Southern Lapwing
The spotlight this week falls on Southern Lapwing Vanellus chilensis Native and widespread in South America where various sub-species are located around the continent. They tend to frequent cultivated fields and damp meadows, which probably explains why I saw several in Argentine whilst filming Winter Wipeout in 2011....
Species Spotlight – 28th February 2014 – Western Grey Plantain Eater
This week we spotlight a bird that we have kept for over a year, but have also had some new arrivals this week Western Grey Plantain Eater Crinifer piscator A member of the Turaco family, the Western Plantain Eater is native to tropical West Africa, where they inhabit areas...
