Conservation at Birdworld

Local

Blue Tit Nest Monitoring
We are monitoring the nesting activity in 24 nest boxes across the site. Young will be ringed before fledging with BTO closed rings to help to assess longevity. We will also fit coloured plastic leg rings to the young, with a different colour for each nest allowing us to monitor movements across the site once fledged.

School Initiative
Birdworld has supported 6 local schools by providing trees, shrubs, nest boxes, and willow poles to help increase and observe wild life within the school grounds.

Butterfly Garden
In conjunction with the local Butterfly conservation meadow at Bentley, Birdworld is developing a garden area to help sustain Butterfly breeding within the site.

 

National

Moth Monitoring
We are providing data for this National project which has been running for over thirty years and shows changes in moth distribution across the UK as climate and habitats change. This data is used in the development of
Biodiversity Action Plans for the protection of native species of plants and animals.

Great Bustard Reintroduction
We are pleased to support this ambitious project to re-introduce the world’s heaviest flying bird to the Salisbury plains in the South of England. Each year chicks are brought from Russia for the project and the released birds are closely monitored to ensure they have the best chance of surviving and establishing breeding success.

International

Protect a Penguin
Some of the most enigmatic species on earth, penguins are in increasing danger due to collection of guano for fertiliser, man’s over fishing of penguin prey and shifts of weather patterns and oceanic currents due to climate change. With your help we aim to raise funds for the conservation of penguins in the wild.

BIAZA / WLT Rainforest Reserve - Click here for more information
One of the most threatened habitats on earth, the Atlantic Rainforest of South America, needs urgent protection. Funds raised at Birdworld have helped a local charity to purchase nearly 2000 acres of land which will be managed as a reserve for the benefit of all.

Other conservation charities supported by Birdworld in the past include:
Falklands Conservation, Reg Charity No: 1073859
World Pheasant Association, Reg Charity No: 271203
World Parrot Trust, Reg Charity No: 800944

Species managed in captivity at European regional level to ensure survival in the future:

 

Humboldt penguin	Hamerkop	Marabou stork
Waldrapp ibis	Vietnamese pheasant	Edwards pheasant
White-naped crane	Bartlets bleeding heart dove	Luzon bleeding heart dove
Victoria crowned pigeon	Citron-crested cockatoo	Moluccan cockatoo
Hyacinth macaw	Violet turaco	Fischer’s turaco
Red-crested turaco	Southern ground hornbill	Toco toucan
	Bali starling

Your visit to Birdworld and participation in the Penguin Challenge is supporting us in our conservation efforts, thank you!

The winner for the draw for June's Penguin Challenge is Sharan Grewal from Lower Earley.

If you would like to help further then you can place donations into any of the conservation collection pots around the site, or if you would like to make a larger donation then either Mark Anderson, Park Manager, or Duncan Bolton, Curator, would be pleased to talk to you about this.