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All hands to the net!

Published on July 22, 2011, by Damon Bridge
Carrying the net into place

 

 Carrying the net into place...

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Mr Crane or Mrs Crane....the results are in!

Published on July 14, 2011, by Damon Bridge

 In the rearing facility - early July.

Midsummer

Published on June 28, 2011, by Damon Bridge
cranes, midsummer

From left to right - here's Bart, Cosmo, Gilbert, Squidgy, Reg, Gemma, Clarence, Wendy and Chris on mid-summer's day.  Many many thanks to John Crispin, crane volunteer for the wonderful photograph.

... and here's Bart having a fly around!

Growing up and getting on - video clip

Published on June 22, 2011, by Damon Bridge

Cranes in the Community

Published on June 20, 2011, by Damon Bridge

  

Spent a lovely day on Saturday at Othery Street Fair, where the return of the cranes to Somerset was celebrated by The Othery Society.  A marvelous crane nest float, complete with new hatched chicks and painted eggs, was paraded along the street.

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Somerset Cranes Fly to Gloucestershire

Published on June 16, 2011, by Damon Bridge

The Old Order Changeth...?

Published on June 14, 2011, by Damon Bridge

  Tamsin, Reg, Sedge and Monty in April (John Crispin)

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2011's crane pages now live!

Published on June 10, 2011, by Damon Bridge
Green Red White

Who is afraid of the sound of the wind in the grass?

Who likes a good scrap?

Who is obsessed with plantain?

Who loves eating slugs?

Find out at the 2011 Meet the cranes pages.....  

Forming cohorts and tussling with plantain

Published on May 31, 2011, by Damon Bridge

A short video taken last week of Amy with three of the cranes B3, B4 and B5, starting to form a stable cohort.

Chick B3 (nicknamed Charlie) is the one in the water.  He/She is quite a water baby!

Below is a short video taken on the same day of Chick C5 trying to eat one of the plantain seed heads.... giving up, and going foraging instead.

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Fluff balls with fabulous ear tufts

Published on May 31, 2011, by Damon Bridge

  Wonderful photo taken by Marie-Ann D'Aloia, working for the project at the Crane School rearing facility this spring - Thanks Marie-Ann!

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