Marabou Stork

21st of November 2014 – Species Spotlight Black Swan
This week we take the chance to look at a species that has recently returned to the park Black Swan Cygnus atratus We recently took delivery of a young pair of Black Swan from WWT Martin Mere having lost our remaining male at the start of the year....

15th of August 2014 – Species Spotlight Crowned Plover
This week we are highlighting a species that have bred successfully for us over the years and who hatched 3 chicks earlier this week Crowned Plover Vanellus coronatus Also known as the Crowned Lapwing, they are a member of a subfamily of Lapwing that also includes Masked &...

Species Spotlight – East African Crowned Crane
This week we have introduced a pair of our spotlighted species together and what better way to celebrate than to blog about them East African Crowned Crane Balearica regulorum gibbericeps There are 2 subspecies of the Grey Crowned Crane of which we keep the East African version, native to...

21st February 2014 – Species Spotlight Marabou Stork
This week we are celebrating disgusting birds to the species spotlight this week falls upon one of the foulest birds in our collection Marabou Stork Leptoptilus crumeniferus The Marabou is native to central and southern Africa, moving between breeding and wintering grounds. They inhabit many types of habitats,...

Giant Stork Flies In to Birdland
[caption id="attachment_1892" align="aligncenter" width="300"] New Marabou Stork arrives at Birdland at Bourton on the Water[/caption] A stork which is believed to have the largest wingspan of any living bird is settling in to its new home at Birdland in Bourton-on-the-Water. Also known as the ‘undertaker bird’ due to its slow...